Question

Which is the BEST description of the difference between the Unionist and Secessionist viewpoints regarding secession? A) Unionists opposed secession and wished to stay in the Union, while Secessionists supported secession only if the southern states could secure Great Britain as an ally. B) Unionists supported secession and wished to unite with other southern states, while Secessionists opposed secession and favored cooperation with northern abolitionists. C) Unionists supported secession as a last resort and only if it was done with the full support of all of the southern states, while Secessionists opposed secession altogether. D) Secessionists believed that secession was the only solution to the issue of preserving slavery and states' rights, while Unionists opposed secession and wished to stay in the Union.

Answer 1

Answer:

D) Secessionists believed that secession was the only solution to the issue of preserving slavery and states' rights, while Unionists opposed secession and wished to stay in the Union.

Explanation:

This question is about the American secession war.

American secession was primarily motivated by the differences between the north and south of the United States during the nineteenth century. The northern union states were characterized by manufacturing development, with the existence of small farms and the predominance of wage free labor. They believed that the country should continue with all states in one union and that there should be no separation between north and south.

The secessionist south was characterized by its dependence on agricultural cultivation based on the plantation system, in which there was the existence of large land ownership (latifundia), based on monoculture (generally cotton) and wholly dependent on slave labor. Economically, these antagonistic models complemented each other, but politically, each side had distinct interests, which contributed to the erosion of relations between these regions. They believed that the only solution to preserve their ideals and maintain their differences with the northern states was to sever the country, so that the southern states would form another country, the Confederate States of America.

Answer 2

C) Unionists supported secession as a last resort and only if it was done with the full support of all of the southern states, while Secessionists opposed secession altogether.