Which of the Following Is True of the Relatively Typical

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the relatively typical southern yeoman farmer, Ferdinand Steel?

• A) He worked so hard that he had time for neither family nor religion.
• B) Although he grew cotton as a cash crop, he owned no slaves and lived a life marked by hard work and financial insecurity.
• C) He spent his lifetime aspiring to become a planter.
• D) He planted only cotton because doing so was the only way to acquire capital for the acquisition of land and slaves.

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