Robert E. Lee Joined the Confederacy Because He

question 48

Multiple Choice

Robert E. Lee joined the Confederacy because he

• A)was offered more money by the Confederacy than he was making in the Union military.
• B)owned over two hundred slaves and feared that he would be bankrupted if they were freed.
• C)believed the Southern states had a constitutional right to secede from the Union.
• D)was anxious to help weaken the North.
• E)loved his home state of Virginia and could not fight against it.

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