The end of the Civil War, for most plantation mistresses, brought
A) the reestablishment of their antebellum lifestyles.
B) a love of drudgery.
C) continued domestic chores, and a return to patriarchy.
D) continued dominance in their households.
Question 2
Which of the following groups was pleased by the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?
A) abolitionists
B) most whites in the North, especially in Massachusetts
C) white southerners
D) most settlers in the far West, since it had nothing to do with them
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