Why Did White Southerners from All Classes Enlist to Fight

question 65

Multiple Choice

Why did white southerners from all classes enlist to fight Yankees?

• A) They believed the federal government was conspiring to raise their taxes.
• B) They believed that serving in the war would boost their economic status.
• C) They wanted to ensure that blacks remained subordinate to whites.
• D) Poor whites hoped the war would topple the planter regime.

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