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In the 1830s and 1840s, most southern whites?
1. promoted prison and public school reforms.
2. were beginning to oppose slavery.
3. saw no need to reform their society.
4. encouraged industrial development in the South.
4 Answers
- staisilLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
3. saw no need to reform their society.
To many southern whites, the "Old South" or Antebellum Era represents the memories of a time of prosperity, social order, and "gracious living." They had no desire to change.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
I'm not crazy about any of these answers, but 3 seems the best. If they did see a need to "reform," they probably wouldn't have seceded from the Union, right?
Edit: I doubt that "most" Southern whites were beginning to oppose slavery. Most whites didn't even own slaves--you needed to be rich for that--but the felt they had the right to do so (the Constitution allowed it) and were willing, 20 years later, to kill and be killed for that right.
