This question is incomplete, here´s the complete question.
"WE, the People of the [United States] Confederated States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a [more perfect Union] permanent Federal government, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility [provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare], and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the [United] Confederate States of America."
Read this excerpt from the Constitution of the Confederate States.
On which event or issue can historians gain insight from this excerpt?
A)racism and oppression
B)Southern secession
C)Southern slavery
D)the Union cause
Answer: B) Southern secession
Explanation:
The passage shows how the Constitution of the Confederate States, established in 1861 as the south separated from the northern states, was based on the original Constitution.
The authors of the Constitution of the Confederate States adopted the language of the Constitution of the United States, even following the same sequence of articles and sections, but erasing or replacing and adding new parts.
