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Why did the southern cotton industry have a hard time recovering after the Civil War?

a. Temperature changed so much that cotton couldn't be grown in the South.
b. Clothes were no longer made out of cotton.
c. Foreign competition drove the price of cotton down.
d. Cotton became too expensive to process.

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The answer is C, Foreign competition drove the price of cotton down.
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