While the Old South Was a Diverse Region of the United

While the Old South was a diverse region of the United States, it was united in

A) that most white southerners believed slavery to be on the decline by the 1830s.
B) its dependence on staple crops such as tobacco, cotton, and rice.
C) its dependence on the labor of women.
D) that slavery was central only to the South's economy and not to its culture and identity.