What describes the social structure of the south in the antebellum era

The Antebellum Era is defined as after the War of 1812 and before the Civil war (1861)

Explanation:

1. Southern Plantation owners formed the "Elites"- Upper South (old money) & Deep South (new money)

2. Yeaman Farmers or small landowners

3. Poor Whites- who has no land and would also work on plantations as slave "managers"

4. Slaves

Male dominated social structures. Poor whites didn't mind being below the Elites because they all believed in white supremacy, having slaves present would defuse class tension because there was always a lower status.

what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

explanation:

the punishment for breaking the law would depend on the conditions or the seriousness of the law being broken, if he or she breaks the law while doing some great discovery or invention then it would classify as a scientific fraud. there are other words to describe the crime but scientific fraud would be the harshest one.