Im pretty sure that the correct answer is economic.
<span>The
answer is true. South Carolina as well
as majority of the Southern states was dependent on slavery for their
plantations and other activities when Lincoln was elected, they were against
because they were afraid he would abolish slavery. They decided to secede
rather than accept as President. The Civil
War followed soon after.</span>
She repeats it to lessen the connotative power of the word because her audience has ignorant people. She's suggesting that oppressive and superficial description are irrelevant to a person's personality.
