Author Question: King Cotton failed the South as a tool of wartime diplomacy because a. Britain held surpluses of ... (Read 26 times)

jenna1 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

King Cotton failed the South as a tool of wartime diplomacy because

a. Britain held surpluses of cotton when the war began.
b. textile workers in Britain favored the North.
c. the North sent captured cotton to Britain.
d. Britain developed alternative supplies of cotton in Egypt and India.
e. the cotton crop was devastated by the boll weevil.

Question 2

Identify the statement that is false.

a. Royal titles were unknown in the American colonies.
b. Property ownership and political participation were relatively accessible.
c. The Americans were dependent on the British officials in London to run their affairs.
d. Republican and Whig ideas predisposed the Americans to be more aware of threats to their rights.
e. Distance weakens authority, great distance weakens authority greatly.