After reading the excerpt, it seems to me that <span>the claim which this excerpt might support is </span><span>B.
Europeans thought the Japanese were superior to the Chinese. I saw a negative attitude towards China (due to the people's treatment) and a totally positive towards Japan. The religion is not mentioned in this excerpt, so I thing this opion is the most suitable. </span>
Answer: South: fields planting and harvesting tobacco and cotton
New England: house work crops
Middle: killed labor (blacksmiths and carpenters), farm laborers, and on board ships and in the shipbuilding industry
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Answer: he would help them with their smaller businesses.
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