How did southern slaveholders claim that the north benefited from slavery? 1. they demonstrated that slavery was the foundation of the entire american economy. 2.they argued that upholding slavery prevented unnecessary political divisions. 3. they pointed out that the north's textile industry depended on southern cotton.

Based on the author’s description of long island, the reader can infer that this novel willrelate events about unconventional individuals. relate events that occur directly within the city of new york. relate events that are supernatural and terrifying in nature. relate events having to do with highly privileged individuals.

What point of view is expressed by judith sargent murray in her essay "on the equality of the sexes"?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.