In the South, the Paternalist Ethos

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.