Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Positions of Everyday

question 46

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describes the positions of everyday Confederates during the war?

• A) Most Confederates became more and more steadfast in their loyalties as the war went on, no matter how the army fared.
• B) Many Confederates were driven by the belief that if they lost the war, southern whites would face their own enslavement.
• C) Unlike northerners, Confederates tended not to need to worry about family divisions during the war, as all Confederates shared the same cause.
• D) Unlike northerners, few Confederate soldiers deserted the army during the war because they were paid far better.
• E) Like northerners, few Confederate soldiers engaged in any kind of training and relied on what they had read in books.

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