Which of the Following Is NOT True of the Conflict

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true of the conflict in the Civil War?

• A) The north fought exclusively for the abolishment of slavery.
• B) Around 90 percent of the country's industrial capacity was in the north.
• C) Two-thirds of the railroad lines were in the north.
• D) Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was followed two years later by the Thirteenth Amendment.
• E) The first two years of the war ended in stalemate.

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