Jared Is Ten Years Old

question 12

Multiple Choice

Jared is ten years old.He may NOT sign a valid contract for the sale of

• A)tobacco.
• B)baseball cards.
• C)tennis balls.
• D)candy bars.

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Definitions:

Southern Planters

Wealthy individuals in the antebellum South who owned large farms or plantations and typically relied on enslaved labor for their agricultural operations.

Confederate War Effort

The military and civilian actions taken by the Confederacy during the American Civil War to achieve independence from the United States.

States' Rights

The principle or belief in the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government, often a central issue in American political discourse.

Emancipation Proclamation

A presidential decree issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that declared the freedom of all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory during the American Civil War.