Which of the following is NOT true about the post-Civil War southern economy?
A. The South's economy was poor, decentralized, and isolated.
B. Cotton remained the dominant southern product, despite falling prices.
C. A capital shortage made tenant farms the prevailing pattern in southern agriculture.
D. Despite dreams of a "New South," industry never took hold in the South before 1900.
Answer: D
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