What Is the Economic Problem

question 37

Essay

What is the economic problem?

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Definitions:

Slave and Free States

Terms referring to U.S. states before the Civil War, denoting whether they permitted slavery ("slave states") or prohibited it ("free states").

Upper and Lower South

Terms used to differentiate between the geographical regions of the American South, with the Upper South referring to states like Virginia and Tennessee, and the Lower South to states such as Georgia and Alabama.

Slave-Owning Class

A social class in historical contexts, particularly in the American South, that owned slaves as property for labor and economic gain.

Paternalist Ethos

A belief system advocating a hierarchical relationship between groups or individuals, whereby those in authority adopt a fatherly role of providing for and directing those under their care.