Cotton diplomacy did not work because
a. British mill owners stockpiled cotton before the war began in earnest.
b. poor European harvests made northern wheat as valuable an import as southern cotton.
c. the British government was extremely cautious in aligning with a country where slavery was legal.
d. the blockade of the South limited the amount of cotton that could be sold.
e. all of these choices.
ANS: E
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