Why Is It an Unsatisfactory Argument That the Civil War

question 28

Multiple Choice

Why is it an unsatisfactory argument that the Civil War began primarily as a southern fight to defend liberty and the right of self-government?

• A) The Union already claimed to be fighting to defend liberty and self-government.
• B) Southerners never claimed to be concerned with liberty and self-government.
• C) The form of government the South established after secession was a monarchy.
• D) The Confederacy envisioned a dictatorship as the ideal government.
• E) Slavery was the actual reason southern leaders used to justify secession and war.

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