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Which statements best describe the majority of southerners during the pre-Civil War era?
They worked hard on completing a variety of tasks.
They mainly grew food crops and raised livestock.
They could not afford to buy enslaved people.
They grew large amounts of tobacco or cotton.
They owned small farms.
They were the political and economic leaders of the South.
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The best descriptions of the majority of southerners before the Civil War are:
- They worked hard on completing a variety of tasks.
- They mainly grew food crops and raised livestock.
- They could not afford to buy enslaved people.
- They owned small farms.
Explanation: Most white southerners were yeoman or small farmers who worked their own land, produced subsistence crops and livestock, performed many different chores themselves, and did not belong to the wealthy, slaveholding planter class that grew large amounts of tobacco or cotton and dominated politics and the economy.
- They worked hard on completing a variety of tasks.
- They mainly grew food crops and raised livestock.
- They could not afford to buy enslaved people.
- They owned small farms.
Explanation: Most white southerners were yeoman or small farmers who worked their own land, produced subsistence crops and livestock, performed many different chores themselves, and did not belong to the wealthy, slaveholding planter class that grew large amounts of tobacco or cotton and dominated politics and the economy.
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