What Staple Was the Key to Making Carolina an Extremely

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Multiple Choice

What staple was the key to making Carolina an extremely hierarchical society, ruled by the wealthiest elite in English North America?

• A) wheat
• B) rice
• C) potatoes
• D) tobacco
• E) sugarcane

Acknowledge the role of cost-benefit analysis in policy making compared to moral and ethical considerations.

Examine the ideology driving punitive punishment policies.

Understand the legal and unethical outcomes resulting from mandatory minimum sentences and moral panics.

Understand the origins and impacts of the War on Drugs.

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