<span>C. The stories became a wedge of division between the North and South over the issue of slavery. </span>
The concept of "normalcy" was based on nostalgia for an earlier America. The idea of nostalgia was new in Americans and since America was a new country, the forefathers wanted progress and did not want to look back in the past mentality.
I believe it's <u><em>C.high economic freedom</em></u> because as I've looked up online to back up my answer and for some info. It as said:
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<em>Authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. In government, authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people.</em></h3>
The link to it is right here: https://www.google.com/search?ei=pKnZW8SFOtGWsAXv1qugBQ&q=Which+of+the+following+characteristics+are+typically+associated+with+an+authoritarian+system+of+government%3F&oq=Which+of+the+following+characteristics+are+typically+associated+with+an+authoritarian+system+of+government%3F&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39l6.321378.323121..327338...1.0..0.0.0.......1....1j2..gws-wiz.....6.CjVHz3wPZD4
The answer is False since The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and The Red sea
