Chapter 152. Reflections on The Combatants, Chapter 15

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Correct. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, as they prepared for battle in the Civil War, Northerners and Southerners each believed that their cause was moral and justifiable, mobilized to fight the war effectively, and saw themselves as the war’s inevitable victors.

Incorrect. The answer is a. The author’s main point in this section of the chapter is that, as they prepared for battle in the Civil War, Northerners and Southerners each believed that their cause was moral and justifiable, mobilized to fight the war effectively, and saw themselves as the war’s inevitable victors.

Correct. The answer is d. The author uses a Virginian’s statement that cotton gave the South "a power over the North more powerful than a powerful army in the field,” to support his assertion that, despite their material disadvantages, Southerners expected to win the war.

Incorrect. The answer is d. The author uses a Virginian’s statement that cotton gave the South "a power over the North more powerful than a powerful army in the field,” to support his assertion that, despite their material disadvantages, Southerners expected to win the war.

Correct. The answer is a. One of the pieces of evidence the author cites to substantiate his argument that Abraham Lincoln’s leadership surpassed that of Jefferson Davis is Lincoln’s innate understanding of military strategy, which contrasted with Jefferson’s weakness in that area.

Incorrect. The answer is a. One of the pieces of evidence the author cites to substantiate his argument that Abraham Lincoln’s leadership surpassed that of Jefferson Davis is Lincoln’s innate understanding of military strategy, which contrasted with Jefferson’s weakness in that area.

Correct. The answer is b. To bolster his claim that the North’s economic advantages over the South in the Civil War were overwhelming, the author indicates that, starting in 1861, the predominantly agricultural Confederacy had to build almost all of its wartime industrial resources—including factories and transportation networks—from scratch.

Incorrect. The answer is b. To bolster his claim that the North’s economic advantages over the South in the Civil War were overwhelming, the author indicates that, starting in 1861, the predominantly agricultural Confederacy had to build almost all of its wartime industrial resources—including factories and transportation networks—from scratch.

Correct. The answer is c. The author argues that one of the major advantages held by the Confederacy during the Civil War was strategic: while a Union victory required the North to invade, defeat, and subjugate the South, a Confederate victory required only that the South stay at home, blunt invasions, avoid battles, and outlast the North’s will to fight. The other reasons Southerners expected a victory were naïve, he suggests.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The author argues that one of the major advantages held by the Confederacy during the Civil War was strategic: while a Union victory required the North to invade, defeat, and subjugate the South, a Confederate victory required only that the South stay at home, blunt invasions, avoid battles, and outlast the North’s will to fight. The other reasons Southerners expected a victory were naïve, he suggests.

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