6)  the relative absence of enterprises engaged in manufacturing and finance prior to the civil war in the southern states is most likely due to

The relative absence of enterprises engaged in manufacturing and finance prior to the Civil War in the Southern states is most likely due to the South's over reliance on agricultural production in its economy. Prior to the Civil War the majority of the South's economy was dependent on the production of agricultural crops like cotton. Because of this the South did not develop other industries nor a major financial sector like the North had in the diversifying of its economy.