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How did southern slaveholders claim that the North benefited from slavery?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AThey demonstrated that slavery was the foundation of the entire American economy.%0D%0AThey demonstrated that slavery was the foundation of the entire American economy.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey pointed out that the North's textile industry depended on southern cotton.%0D%0AThey pointed out that the North's textile industry depended on southern cotton.%0D%0A%0D%0AThey argued that upholding slavery prevented unnecessary political divisions.