Proponents of creating a "New South" argued that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because:
A)slavery was unsustainable.
B)of its inept military leadership.
C)the Union embraced more desirable cultural values.
D)the southern elite were soft and undisciplined.
E)it relied too much on King Cotton.

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Proponents of creating a "New South" argued that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because it relied too much on King Cotton. The Confederacy's economy was heavily dependent on cotton exports, which left them vulnerable to the Union's naval blockade and made it difficult for them to finance their war efforts. The idea behind creating a "New South" was to diversify the southern economy and modernize it to compete with the industrialized North.

Proponents of Creating a "New South" Argued That the Confederacy