The South expected aid from Great Britain because
a. the South supplied almost all the raw cotton used by British textile mills
b. both recognized slavery
c. British aristocratic families had married into Southern planter families
d. British capitalists had invested heavily in the South
e. the South played off the rivalry between Great Britain and France by requesting aid from France as well
Answer: a. the South supplied almost all the raw cotton used by British textile mills
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