race is some ones physical characteristics such as eye color or height
while ethnicity is you culture, ancestry and language.
<span> B. They were slave states that could have joined the Confederacy.
If the border states had joined the Confederacy, it would have greatly bolstered the population as well as the army of the South. However, if the US was more lenient on the border states and allowed slavery there to a certain degree, the Border states would provide a 'buffer' zone to help protect the North from most attacks, as well as provide men for the army and factories for producing much needed supplies.
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The answer is A - The high literacy rates in New England that allowed people to read books and newspapers
