Which of the Following Is NOT True About the Post-Civil

Which of the following is NOT true about the post-Civil War southern economy?

A) The South's economy was poor, decentralized, and isolated.
B) Cotton remained the dominant southern product, despite falling prices.
C) Despite dreams of a "New South," industry never took hold in the South before 1900.
D) A capital shortage made tenant farms the prevailing pattern in southern agriculture.