For Which of the Following Reasons May the South Be

question 47

Multiple Choice

For which of the following reasons may the South be considered "distinctive" in comparison to the rest of the United States in the period from 1830 to 1860?

• A) Most southerners were Protestants while most northerners were Catholics.
• B) The South was committed to the institution of slavery.
• C) The South was geographically much smaller than the North.
• D) Southerners for the most part did not participate in the westward expansion of the nation.

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Definitions:

Lewis Base

A substance that can donate a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond, according to Lewis acid-base theory.

Electrophile

A reactive species that seeks out electrons and is attracted to electron-rich sites, often participating in chemical reactions by accepting an electron pair.

Nucleophile

An entity in chemistry that transfers a pair of electrons to an electrophile, enabling the formation of a chemical bond as a part of the reaction process.

Lewis Definition

A theory of acids and bases where acids accept a pair of electrons during a reaction, while bases donate a pair of electrons.