On What Grounds Did Southerners Claim That Slavery Was "Modern

question 81

Multiple Choice

On what grounds did southerners claim that slavery was "modern"?

• A) It was strongest in the United States, one of the most modern nations in the world.
• B) It was made possible by the transportation revolution of the past two centuries.
• C) It represented an innovation in securing human labor.
• D) It was the foundation of the cotton economy, whose products were essential to modern life.
• E) It offered to slaves the opportunity to learn to read and write.

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