Which of the Following Arguments Was Most Likely to Have

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following arguments was most likely to have been used by southerners in the 1830s and 1840s to defend the institution of slavery?

• A) It is true that slavery is an evil within human society, but for economic reasons it is presently a necessary evil.
• B) Society is ordered in a particular way by the dictates of nature, and nature has ordained that blacks are born to be slaves.
• C) All whites are born to be free and equal, but all non-whites are frowned on by God and were born to be slaves.
• D) Human beings are equal in the sight of God only if they have accepted the tenets of Christianity; therefore, non-Christians may be enslaved.

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Definitions:

Inbreeding Depression

A reduction in the average fitness of inbred individuals relative to that of outbred individuals. It arises because rare recessive alleles become expressed in a homozygous state where they can affect detrimentally the performance of individuals.

Sperm Competition

A form of sexual selection occurring after mating, in which the sperm from multiple males compete to fertilize the eggs of a female.

Fertilizing Eggs

The process in which male gametes (sperm) fuse with female gametes (eggs) to initiate the development of a new organism.

Genetic Variation

Genetic variation is the diversity in gene frequencies, resulting from mutations, genetic recombination, and other sources, providing the material for evolution and adaptation in populations.