Question

Please check?
1. a
2.c
3. e
4. b

1. Before the civil war the south's slave labor force
a. was a self reproducing population
b. was generally unprofitable to the planter class
c. was an inflexible labor system
d. was employed exclusively in the cultivation of cotton
e. was shifted to the production of indigo

2. Most slave masters viewed slavery as
a. a profitable enterprise even though moral
b. unprofitable but moral
c. an economic necessity and moral
d. both unprofitable and immoral
e. highly racist and expletive

3. The proslavery argument appealed to all the following sources except
a. ancient religious practices
b. the Bible
c. romantic literature
d. large slave owners
e. capitalistic writings of Adam Smith

4. Radical abolitionists held
a. a confident faith in the workings of the american political process
b. to the view that corruption of american society placed it beyond redemption
c. a strong belief in a "higher law" than that of congress or the constitution
d. a generally pessimistic view of human nature
e. a consensus of abolitionists all future immigration from Europe

Answer 1

I agree with your first three answers.

I'm not sure whether 4 is b or c.