Which of the following effectively ended the practice of cotton sharecropping in the American South after World War II?
a. the Agricultural Adjustment Agency
b. the discovery of nylon
c. the perfection of the mechanical cotton picker
d. the introduction of Egyptian cotton
Answer: c. the perfection of the mechanical cotton picker
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