Based on current economic trends, the statement above about the southern portion of the U.S. relying on farming is false.
Even though the Southern part of the United States relied heavily on agriculture for the century after independence, this has since changed.
In the current day and age, the Southern part of the nation has diversfied into several industries which has reduced the reliance on agiculture.
Note: Map was not given so current economic data was used.
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