Why Did Masters in the Southern Colonies Prefer Black Slaves

question 42

Multiple Choice

Why did masters in the southern colonies prefer black slaves over white indentured servants?

• A) Masters had to pay indentured servants a small sum each year.
• B) Indentured servants would not work as many hours as slaves.
• C) Indentured servants were surly and talked back.
• D) Slaves served for life with no legal way to gain freedom.

Understand the physical and cognitive development stages of school-age children.

Recognize the concept of seriation and its significance in cognitive development.

Distinguish between different developmental stages and their characteristics.

Define and understand the importance of neurodiversity in cognitive development.

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Definitions:

Free-rider Problem

A situation in which some individuals benefit from resources or services without paying for them, leading to underprovision of those goods or services.

Marginal Private Benefit

The additional benefit received by the consumer or producer from consuming or producing one more unit of a good or service.

Marginal Social Cost

The additional cost imposed on society as a whole from producing one more unit of a good or service.

Socially Optimal

is a condition or outcome in which the allocation of resources maximizes the overall benefit to society.