Proponents of the New South believed that the South should
A) eliminate agriculture and focus solely on industrialization.
B) form a separate nation from the North.
C) build a society of small farms as well as industrialize.
D) once again be dominated by planter aristocrats.
E) encourage immigration to provide cheap labor.

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Proponents of the New South believed in creating a more diversified economy that combined agriculture with industrialization. They believed in the development of small farms in addition to industries, which would bring about progress and prosperity to the region. This approach was a departure from the old South, where large plantations dominated the economy.

Proponents of the New South Believed That the South Should