By 1850 nearly what percentage of enslaved people on plantations were forced to produce cotton?three-quartersone-quartertwo-thirdsnone of the above

By 1840, the South produced what percentage of the world's supply of cotton?Multiple choice question.more than 60 percentless than 33 percent10 percent50 percent

By 1860, enslaved peoplemade up almost 85 percent of the population in the Deep South.made up almost half the population in the Deep South.had been part of the American economy for almost a century.were not terribly important to the southern economy.

By time the Civil War began, almost a third of the total cotton crop came from plantations west of the River.

Which of the following is FALSE about the antebellum (pre-Civil War) Cotton Empire?Group of answer choicesIt depended heavily on “free labor”It produced the USA’s leading export cropIt moved steadily westward across the Deep SouthIt was the chief supplier of British and U.S. cotton mills

One of the biggest threats to cotton fields in the South during the nineteenth century wasMultiple choice question.freezing winters.the army worm.fire.locusts.