USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By the early 1800s, cotton emerged as the South’s major cash crop-a good produced for commercial value instead of for use by the owner. Cotton quickly eclipsed tobacco, rice, and sugar in economic importance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Agriculture. The U.S. economy was primarily agricultural in the early 19th century. Westward expansion plus the building of canals and the introduction of steamboats opened up new areas for agriculture.

Detailed explanation-3: -The northern economy relied on manufacturing and the agricultural southern economy depended on the production of cotton. The desire of southerners for unpaid workers to pick the valuable cotton strengthened their need for slavery.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following was a major economic shift in the north in the early 19th century? Traditional methods of production became mechanized and integrated into factories.