All of the Following Statements Provide an Accurate Description of Life

question 24

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements provide an accurate description of life in the pre-Civil War South except

• A) The majority of white southerners were yeoman farmers.
• B) Most white Southerners did not own slaves.
• C) While most white southerners had no direct connection to a southern plantation, most slaves lived on plantations.
• D) A group of landless whites mostly worked as laborers on farms or settled the Southwest.
• E) Cotton was king-the most important source of agricultural revenue in the South.

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