King Cotton survived the Civil War and expanded over new acreage:
a. because traditional overplanting of the crop continued
b. due to expanding its export market
c. because the U.S. government now gave farmers new subsidies
d. in spite of growing claims of collusion in the marketplace
e. even as synthetic materials were invented in the 1890s
Ans: d. in spite of growing claims of collusion in the marketplace
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