Question

question 6 of 10
which of the following showed that new economic ideas were growing in the
south in the late 1800s?

a. the growth of cotton farms

b. the system of sharecropping and tenant farming

c. the production of steel in alabama

d. the use of slaves to create roads

Explanation:

To determine which option shows new economic ideas in the late 1800s South:

• Option A: Cotton farms were traditional, not new economic ideas.
• Option B: Sharecropping/tenant farming were post - Civil War adaptations but not new industrial - like economic ideas.
• Option C: Steel production in Alabama represents industrialization, a new economic idea as the South was moving from agrarian to industrial in parts, showing new economic development.
• Option D: Using slaves to build roads was pre - Civil War or traditional, and slavery was abolished by the late 1800s.

Answer:

C. The production of steel in Alabama