Which Identifies a Key Reason for the South's Defeat in the Civil

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which identifies a key reason for the South's defeat in the Civil War?

• A) The Confederacy lacked a single competent general to lead its troops.
• B) Southern planters were reluctant to start growing food crops instead of cash crops.
• C) Confederate armies lacked the conviction to fight a prolonged war with the North.
• D) The South was too industrialized to adapt well to a wartime economy.
• E) The northern troops were better individual soldiers than Confederate troops.

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