The growth and development of industry in the South
A) consistently lagged behind southern agricultural interests.
B) had a greater impact on the southern economy than agriculture.
C) resulted in a higher literacy rate in the South than in the North.
D) turned the North into a colonial dependency of the more developed South.
E) was nonexistent before the start of the Civil War.

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Despite some growth in industry in the South, agriculture remained the dominant economic force in the region, and industrialization did not match the scale seen in the North.

The Growth and Development of Industry in the South