Which of the Following Is Not Among the "Might-Have-Beens" That

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not among the "might-have-beens" that could have enabled the South to win the Civil War?

• A) The South might have outdistanced the North in industrial production.
• B) Britain or France might have broken the Union naval blockade.
• C) The Border States might have seceded.
• D) Several Midwestern states might have turned against the war.
• E) A wave of Northern defeatist sentiment might have demanded peace.

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