In the south, the paternalist ethos: a. reflected the hierarchical society in which the planter took responsibility for the lives of those around him. b. declined after the war of 1812, as southern society became more centered on market relations rather than on personal relations. c. suffered because southern slaveholders lived among their slaves, so that the groups' constant exposure to each other made southern slavery more openly violent than elsewhere. d. brought southern society closer to northern ideals. e. encouraged southern women to become more active and better educated so that they could their husbands in their paternal roles.

Paternalism is the behavior that a group of people expresses towards others, in which they limit those others’ liberty or autonomy for their own good. In paternalism towards adults it seems as if the adults are treated like children and cannot think for themselves. The southern slave owners thought of themselves as kind and responsible masters even though they bought and sold their human properties.

Question: In the south, the paternalist ethos:

a. reflected the hierarchical society in which the planter took responsibility for the lives of those around him.

besides the fact that abraham lincoln abolished slavery, and greatly benefit black people, he had a heavy impact of the definition of what democracy was, and should be.