[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #4159, aired 2002-10-03 [PAR] Accounting for half of all U.S. exports in 1855, this crop was "King" ... This state 
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Question: Accounting for half of all U.S. exports in 1855, this crop was "King"
Answer: cotton