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.(e) encouraged southern women to become more active and better educated so that they could help their husbands in their paternal roles.

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