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The Antebellum South - Quiz 2

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Between 1830 and 1860, many southerners came to defend slavery because of all of the following reasons EXCEPT?

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the growth of the cotton economy made slavery very profitable again.

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they saw how the North silenced those with pro-slavery opinions while they remained tolerant of opposition.

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they believed slaves were better off than the poor unfortunate people who worked in northern factories.

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the attacks of the abolitionists pushed them into defending the southern way of life.

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