Compared to long-staple cotton, short-staple cotton was

a. more delicate.
b. only cultivated on the Sea Islands.
c. unprofitable before the 1790s.
d. easy to process by hand.
e. all of these choices


c

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In the early 1830s the Mexican Congress turned vast landholdings in the Mexican borderlands over to

A. mining barons. B. rancheros. C. bureaucrats appointed by the central government in Mexico City. D. Catholic padres.

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