Which of the following statements about the United States in 1861 is FALSE?
a.
The North had greater economic diversity and more jobs.
b.
The North often passed tariffs that benefited Northern manufacturing at the expense of the South.
c.
The South’s economy was dependent on agriculture, especially cotton.
d.
The South’s economic wealth was beginning to surpass the North’s economic wealth, which made Northerners want to eliminate slavery even more.

The statement that is false here is:

d.

The South’s economic wealth was beginning to surpass the North’s economic wealth, which made Northerners want to eliminate slavery even more.

Explanation:

The North had greater economic diversity and more jobs than the South because it had an industrial economy that was more productive while the south had an agrarian economy.

The agrarian economy of the south meant that its prosperity was no match for the Americans in the north and this it was not as fiscally powerful as them.

The northerners did not resent slavery due to the rivalry but on a moral principle itself as the North had freemen long before.

(D)

Explanation:

the two colonies had the earliest laws mandating religious tolerance.