Research indicates that in the forty-five years before the Civil War, slavery
A) caused boom-and-bust economic cycles to occur more frequently in the South than they occurred in the North.
B) made it impossible for southern planters to participate in the emerging market economy.
C) was a profitable labor system.
D) caused a greater maldistribution of wealth in southern society than that found in northern society.

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Slavery was a profitable labor system in the South before the Civil War, as it provided a cheap and abundant labor force for the agricultural economy, particularly in the production of cash crops like cotton.

Research Indicates That in the Forty-Five Years Before the Civil