Which of the following helps explain why agricultural technology was relatively primitive in the Cotton Kingdom?
A) Southerners preferred to invest in slaves rather than in machines.
B) Southerners could not afford expansive mechanical harvesters.
C) Southerners thought that newer agricultural technology was “unmanly.”
D) Southerners faced stiff tariffs on imported machinery.
Answer: A
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