Who held the power and wealth in the South?

During the antebellum years, wealthy southern planters formed an elite master class that wielded most of the economic and political power of the region. They created their own standards of gentility and honor, defining ideals of southern white manhood and womanhood and shaping the culture of the South. To defend the system of forced labor on which their economic survival and genteel lifestyles depended, elite southerners developed several proslavery arguments that they levied at those who would see the institution dismantled.

Explanation:

sharing a small living space with family

members. during the industrial revolution, people from the countryside came to

cities in multitudes looking for greener pastures by obtaining jobs in

factories. for this reason, the family members had to live together in small

space

the citation´s place is in position 4.

as carl becker

pointed out during the rise of european fascism after world war i

for democracy to prosper, it needs “a certain measure of economic security”

.

example (johnson 4)