In the 1800s, why did the plantation owners' wives have the responsibility of directing the
affairs of the household, taking care of
financial records, and supervising the
workers?
A. The plantation owners were often very lazy and did not like
to work.
B. The plantation owners were often away taking care of
plantation business.
C. The plantation owners were too busy going to parties and
enjoying their social life.

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865