Question

Confederate leaders hoped for a military alliance with Great Britain and France primarily because ________.

• A. European nations did not disapprove of slavery
• B. Britain and France bought the bulk of the Southern cotton crop
• C. The Confederate industrial base was much smaller than the Union's
• D. The federal navy had remained loyal to the Union government
• E. The Civil War was fought largely in Confederate territory

Answer 1

The correct option is C The Confederate industrial base was much smaller than the Union's

Confederate leaders hoped for a military alliance with Great Britain and France primarily because the Confederate industrial base was much smaller than the Union's. The Confederacy wanted a military alliance with England and France, not to provide European soldiers, but to acquire weapons and gunpowder, supplies, money in the form of loans, and naval assistance in breaking the blockade.