Examine each of the following points and choose the one that was not an argument used by southerners to defend the institution of slavery.
1. the bible advocated and accepted slavery.
2. slaves were inferior.
3. the founders were unanimous in supporting it.
4. the constitution seemed to support it.

The correct answer is 4) The Constitution seemed to support it.

The option that was not an argument used by Southerners to defend the institution of slavery was "The Constitution seemed to support it."

The Southern States used every argument they had at hand to defend the use of slaves in the plantations. Indeed, the Southern States depended so much on slavery to grow crops that could be exported, Slavery was part of their economy. The cited Biblical passages, social arguments, historical facts, and political issues to defend their arguments over the accusations of the Northern states.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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