7. By the beginning of the 20th century, New England was being displaced as the leading textile center of the nation by A. the Canadian provinces
B. the South
C. the Northwest
D. the Southwest
8. Immediately following the Civil War, Southern agriculture
A. was replaced by industrial output
B. changed little from the time prior to the Civil War
C. relied less on tobacco and cotton and became diversified
D. returned to the plantation-slave labor system