Question

1. which change had the most dramatic impact on the planter elite class in South Carolina?

a. their slaves freedom made them lose their fortunes.
b. they are livestock was stolen by the union army.
c. their majority of men could not vote that served in the confederate army.
d. their plantation were burned by the union army

Answer 1

a. their slaves freedom made them lose their fortunes.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to cut down the cost of production, plantation owners in southern states heavily relied on slave labors.

So, after the Union defeated them during the civil war and freed the slaves, plantation owners no longer able to maintain their current state of operation. Suddenly, they experience a massive increase in the cost of production and made them lost a lot of fortune.