By 1840 the South was on the cutting edge of the Market Revolution because...

   

• it produced and exported 1.5 million bales of raw cotton, over two-thirds of the world supply.
• planters were using European immigrants as industrial workers.
• planters were building factories to process cotton.
• southern society was dominated by free labor. 

ANSWER: By 1840 the South was on the cutting edge of the Market Revolution because it produced and exported 1.5 million bales of raw cotton, over two-thirds of the world supply.