Which of the following was a reason for southern secession? A. choosing Jefferson Davis as leader of the Confederate States B. faith that cotton was necessary as the raw material for industry C. familiarity with and disdain for the northern industrial workplace D. the importance of rice and tobacco in the agricultural economy E. the impressive self-sufficiency of the plantation unit

The correct answer is: C) familiarity with and disdain for the northern industrial workplace.

Secession and, therefore, Civil War were mainly about the right to own slaves. Slaves were, for the Southerns, the most important "material" in the workplace; their region relied on slave-owning in order to do agrarian work.

The Northerns, however, now were in their way to industrialization, where the work at factories was done by employed immigrants and, thus, they were all for abolishing slavery.