Question

11. Many Southerners justified secession based on states’ rights even though… a. the Confederate Constitution expressly forbid Confederate States to secede. b. Confederate States had the same rights and powers as they did when they were part of the United States. c. The Confederate Constitution gave less power to the states than the United States Constitution. d. Most Southerners believe in the supreme authority of the Federal Government under the US Constittion.

Answer 1

The correct answer is c. The Confederate Constitution gave less power to the states than the United States Constitution. This is contrasted with the secession justification being centered around states’ rights, even though their own Constitution centralized power to protect slavery. Therefore, the correct option is C.

Step-by-step explanation:

Many Southerners justified secession based on states’ rights even though c. The Confederate Constitution gave less power to the states than the United States Constitution. The Confederate States of America formed with the intent to preserve slavery and the interests that supported it.

Despite arguments for states’ sovereignty and the right to secede as part of defending states’ rights and property ownership, the irony was that the Confederate Constitution actually centralized more power, primarily to safeguard the institution of slavery. Moreover, the Confederate Constitution explicitly outlined the protection and perpetuation of slavery, diverging from the U.S. Constitution by directly invoking Christianity to reinforce its ideology.