Which of the following statements about the southern economy before the Civil War is true? a) The slave population continued to grow as new slaves were imported from abroad.
b) Slavery began to diminish after the invention of the cotton gin.
c) The southern climate was ideal for the cultivation of cotton.
d) Cotton was important in the South, but not to the nation as a whole.

(100 points) project: progressive era research your topic and write at least seven hundred words to discuss one of the following topics. a. evaluate the impact of progressive era reforms. b. evaluate the impact of progressive reform leaders such as susan b. anthony or robert lafollette. c. evaluate the impact of third parties and their candidates such as h. ross perot and george wallace on america. note: as with any research you do, evaluate the validity of your source: a. who is the author? b. is the author an authority on the subject? c. how does the author use language? d. what sources appear in the author's work? e. from what you know or have learned about the author, is the presentation inappropriately biased?