A major reason for the weaker hold of slavery in the upper South was the
A) increasing industrialization and agricultural diversification in the region.
B) growing moral outrage against slavery in the region.
C) passage of federal laws restricting slavery in the area.
D) effectiveness of the abolitionist movement in the region.
E) lower slave birth rates.
Answer: A) increasing industrialization and agricultural diversification in the region.
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