Why were yeoman farmers often called "the backbone of the South" in the period from 1820 to 1850? When government officials wanted to oversee how Southern land was cultivated, yeoman farmers challenged the idea.
Yeoman farmers grew vegetables, raised animals, and made their own household products—they were very self-sufficient.
Yeoman farmers were the men who cultivated large amounts of cotton and sustained the Southern economy.
While many Southerners moved North to work in the factories, yeoman farmers remained in the South and cultivated the land.

Henry h. amringe commented in reaction to the 1850 women’s rights convention. women in europe may fill the throne, as reigning monarchs. shall they who are thought worthy of the highest station, in hereditary monarchies, be deemed unworthy of election to office, by the suffrages of a free people? if women, placed in the administration of great and vast national affairs, by the mere accident of birth, have acted wisely, much more might we expect not wisdom only, but integrity in the government of women, selected by free citizens, with a view to mental and moral fitness. short-answer questions where did henry amringe make these comments? what argument does amringe give to support his views?