What limited industrial expansion in the south?

 The correct answer is : It was limited by the a lack of educated work force

Explanation:   The South was dominated by a class of Southern planters who despised the industrial sector. The opposition between the North and the South was not only between slavery and freedom, it was also betwen industry and agriculure. Reconstruction did not transform the South into an industrualized, urban region like the North. Most southern factories did not make finished goods such as furniture. New factories began to spin and weave cotton into undyed fabric.

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