Which of the following is an important reason the South lost the Civil War?
SAT · US History · previous-year question
- A.The South did not have enough guns to prevent the Union from overpowering it.
- B.Slaves ran away, so there were fewer and fewer hands to do the work on the home front.
- C.The Union generals were better military men, so they continually out-maneuvered the Southern forces.
- D.The South was unable to ship any cotton because the Union blockade was so effective.
- E.The issues of slavery and states rights were not important to the majority of Southerners.
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