The plantation system of the Cotton South before the Civil War
a. resembled a tightly controlled oligarchy in its monopolistic features.
b. became more democratic and open to newcomers.
c. was very financially stable over many years.
d. was attractive to European immigrants.
e. included no expectation that planter aristocrats had any obligation to serve the public as politicians or statesmen.
a
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a. true b. false
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