Which Event Is Credited with Helping to Ingrain the Paternalist

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which event is credited with helping to ingrain the paternalist ethos more deeply into the lives of southern slaveholders?

• A) Nat Turner's Rebellion.
• B) The nullification crisis.
• C) The development of domestic ideology.
• D) The closing of the African slave trade.
• E) The secession crisis.

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