The Argument That the Civil War Began Primarily as a Southern

question 64

Multiple Choice

The argument that the Civil War began primarily as a southern fight to defend liberty and the right of self-government is unsatisfactory because:

• A) the Union already claimed to be fighting to defend liberty and self-government
• B) southerners never claimed to be concerned with liberty and self-government
• C) the South established a monarchy after secession
• D) the Confederacy envisioned a dictatorship as the ideal government
• E) it ignores the fact that southern leaders in 1860-1861 used slavery to justify secession and war

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