Where was the Black Belt region described in the text located?
A. in the Tennessee River valley, where devastating flooding was frequent
B. in central Alabama, in the heart of the deep South, where the rich soil was ideal for cotton
C. in an arc from South Carolina to Mississippi, where in most counties blacks outnumbered whites
D. along the Gulf Coast, where the slave population was concentrated
Answer: B
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A) wealthy citizens, the federal government; nationalist B) ordinary people, state governments; democrat C) Protestants, Catholics; ecumenical D) the United States, France; Francophile
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