Which best describes a significant difference between the north and the south in the years leading up to the civil war?
a. the north favored a protectionist tarriff on foreign goods, while the south did not.
b. the north supported two major political parties, while the south supported only one major political party.
c. the north had a system of railways, while the south relied only on road and river systems.
d. the north grew its own food, while the south focused on cash crops and imported most of its food.
e. the north did not support jim crow laws, while the south did.

I believe the answer to this question is D. The South’s focus on cash crops and exported goods actually creates issues in the future when food becomes sparse during the war (soldiers to feed, but everything being made is getting exported).

The answer is should be D

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook

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