Why is cotton called "the king of the south"?

Question

Why is cotton called "the king of the south"?

Answer 1

cotton is a very profitable crop in the south. ita all about the $$$!

Answer 2

Because that is where it is grown.

Answer 3

Because by using slave labour it made cotton growers in the southern states of U.S rich!

Answer 4

cuz thats where pretty much all the cotton is grown,

Answer 5

between cotton and tobacco these to crops along with slave labour made the South a very rich area in the 1700 1800's until the civil war.That is why cotton is the king