Which of the Following Did Southerners Use to Attempt to Justify

question 71

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did southerners use to attempt to justify slavery?

• A) claims of black racial inferiority and the idea that slavery was rooted in the Bible
• B) the lack of competition for white jobs and the decline of the cotton industry
• C) the threat of British cotton production exceeding America's because Britain had more slaves
• D) the fact that slavery was more widespread in the western territories than in the South
• E) widespread West African support of American slavery and the slave trade

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