In the first half of the 19th century, the American economy:
A) benefited greatly from the connection between southern slavery and northern industry.
B) suffered because of the South's slave system.
C) depended primarily on northern industrial production.
D) depended primarily on profits from slave-grown cotton.
Answer: A
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