Early in the War, Jefferson Davis Tried to Rally Southerners

question 16

Multiple Choice

Early in the war, Jefferson Davis tried to rally southerners to the Confederate cause by

• A) telling them that they were fighting for constitutional liberty.
• B) hinting that the Confederate government was considering a bonus of two slaves for all nonslaveholding soldiers.
• C) emphasizing the importance of maintaining the slave system.
• D) calling for a redistribution of land to help landless southern whites.

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