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Which statement accurately compares the effects of the U.S. Civil War on the various social classes of South Carolina's white population?
a. The wealthy enjoyed greater prosperity thanks to economic demand, while poor whites lost their land to invading armies.
b. Rich planters abandoned crops, such as rice and cotton, while middle-class farmers began developing these crops for the first time.
c.Plantation owners had all their property confiscated by Northern armies, while poor whites moved into abandoned mansions.
d.Owners found it much harder to control slaves, while whites who did not own slaves felt the war benefited the wealthy over them.