Question

Give two reasons why some Southern generals, and even some Northern citizens, supported the Confederacy, despite opposing slavery?

Answer 1

Answer:

Many people thought that if slavery was taken away it would ruin the country. It had become such a common thing and made many people money that a lot of people thought it would ruin the economy even though it was unfair to people of color.

Explanation:

"We have the wolf by the ears "and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other." - Thomas Jefferson