According to your textbook, all of the following were characteristics of the Old South except:

A. a rural nature.

B. an agricultural economy.

C. a preference for high tariffs.

D. a reliance on slave labor.

E. a belief in free trade.

C. a preference for high tariffs.

Explanation:

Southern states complained about high tariffs imposed by the federal government, because they had to pay for them in the form of elevated prices of Northern industrial goods. The elevated tariffs protected the North's industrial products from foreign competition. The agricultural South also paid a lot of money for shipping services.