Which of the following was true of slavery in the United States during the 1850s?
A) ?The country had just under 2 million slaves.
B) ?Southerners agitated for the reopening of the slave trade with Africa because the price of slaves was so high.
C) ?"Cotton is King" was an empty boast because, in truth, the North was responsible for three-fourths of the country's exports.
D) ?The cotton boom brought so much prosperity to the South that immigrants and northern businesses began to move there.
D
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