“The grave [in the South] was dug through solid marble, but the marble headstone
came from Vermont. It was in a pine wilderness but the pine coffin came from
Cincinnati. An iron mountain overshadowed it but the coffin nails and the screws and
the shovel came from Pittsburgh. . . . A hickory grove grew nearby, but the pick and
shovel handles came from New York. . . . That country, so rich in underdeveloped
resources, furnished nothing for the funeral except the corpse and the hole in the
ground.”
– Henry Grady, Speech to the Bay Street Club, Boston, 1889
Use the passage to answer the question.
What is the main idea of this excerpt?
(1 point)
A. By not purchasing products from its own manufacturers, the South helped
enrich the North.
B. Even though the South had resources it could tap, it relied heavily on the North.
C. All the materials for a Southern burial could only be gotten from the North.
D. Because agriculture was so profitable, the South chose not to make use of its
other natural resources.