Why Did Jefferson Davis Have So Much Difficulty Securing Power

question 11

Multiple Choice

Why did Jefferson Davis have so much difficulty securing power for the national Confederate government?

• A) Most Southerners strongly believed in states' rights.
• B) Many Southerners were not supportive of the war effort.
• C) Nonslaveholders refused to support his leadership.
• D) Very few Southerners wanted to serve in the new government.

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