The Argument That the Civil War Began Primarily as a Southern

question 23

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 actual reason-slavery-southern leaders used in 1860-1861 to justify secession and war.

---

Definitions:

Demand

The quantity of a product or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various price levels at a given time.

Price

The monetary amount anticipated, imperative, or tendered in exchange for something.

Price-discriminating Monopolist

A monopolist that charges different prices to different consumers or groups of consumers for the same product or service, to maximize profit.

Market

A place or mechanism where buyers and sellers of goods and services interact to facilitate exchange, typically resulting in the determination of prices.