Which Statement Best Explains Why Yeoman Farmers with No Slaves

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which statement best explains why yeoman farmers with no slaves still supported the slave system that mainly benefited wealthy planters?

• A) Planters and non‒slave-owning yeomen shared a belief in white skin privilege.
• B) The democratization of politics made the gap between rich and poor largely disappear.
• C) Non‒slave owners often became as wealthy as or wealthier than slave-owning planters.
• D) Yeoman farmers saw capitalism and industrialization, not farming with slave labor, as their best path to wealth.

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Neuron

The basic working unit of the brain, a specialized cell designed to transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells.

Axon

A long, threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.

Dendrites

Branch-like extensions of neurons that receive signals from other neurons.

Broca's Area

A region in the frontal lobe of the left hemisphere of the brain that is involved in language processing, speech production, and comprehension.