What is one reason that cotton cultivation spread westward after 1820?
A) Cotton depleted the soil of nutrients, so growers needed fresh land.
B) Cotton cultivation required much labor, and the western slave trade was thriving.
C) An economic boom was taking place in western cities.
D) Textile mills had sprung up in Texas, providing a new market for cotton.
E) Canals had reached westward to the new plantations.
A
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