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Which statements best describe the majority of southerners during the pre-Civil War era?
They mainly grew food crops and raised livestock.
They grew large amounts of tobacco or cotton.
They owned small farms.
They were the political and economic leaders of the South.
They could not afford to buy enslaved people.
They worked hard on completing a variety of tasks.
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Choose these statements:
- They mainly grew food crops and raised livestock.
- They owned small farms.
- They could not afford to buy enslaved people.
- They worked hard on completing a variety of tasks.
Explanation: Most white southerners were yeoman farmers who ran small, subsistence farms, did many different tasks themselves, and did not own slaves. Large-scale tobacco/cotton growing and political/economic leadership belonged to the plantation elite (a minority).
- They mainly grew food crops and raised livestock.
- They owned small farms.
- They could not afford to buy enslaved people.
- They worked hard on completing a variety of tasks.
Explanation: Most white southerners were yeoman farmers who ran small, subsistence farms, did many different tasks themselves, and did not own slaves. Large-scale tobacco/cotton growing and political/economic leadership belonged to the plantation elite (a minority).
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