THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Question
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One environmental consequence of the large-scale cultivation of cotton in the South was ____
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widespread soil eshaustion caused by decades of farming.
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drought caused by overuse of river water to irrigate farmland.
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air pollution caused by the use of cotton givs.
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widespread water contamination caused by fertilizer runoff.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -One environmental consequence of the large-scale cultivation of cotton in the south was? Widespread soil exhaustion caused by decades of farming.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the first half of the nineteenth century, demand for cotton led to the expansion of plantation slavery. By 1850, enslaved people were growing cotton from South Carolina to Texas.
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