> I pick D
You may pick D, but 1) and 2A) through 2C) were the correct answers. Their own propaganda confirms this.
I commend your mention and rejection of slavery. People in CSA fan club often do not admit the connection.
But saying the CSA was a paradise on earth except for the little matter of slavery is a little like saying Hitler revitalized the German economy and established political order but was unfortunately bogged down with a policy of genocide.
The "limited government" reb fans like to cite wasn't so limited at all. I guess when a past regime is a loser it gets a pass on its actual policies. The home rule, small government and individual liberty certainly didn't apply to the slave who could have been torn from his wife and family at the whim of his "owner". But then again, Confederates always had a problem with respecting the liberty of anybody else but themselves. I know that fairminded person today who examines that will conclude that is not consistent with the better ideals of our founding.
And I think you might be surprised if you read accounts of the reb regime's actions on the home front. There were a lot government action that doesn't sound very limited to me. The whole Confederate purpose was merely to support the continued idleness and moral decay of a decadent, nonproductive but very powerful plantation "elite". History attests to the unworthiness of the Confederate cause. The American Revolution succeeded in adversity because the cause was noble. The CSA collapsed quickly when faced with a little adversity because the cause was nothing more than an expression od selfishness. God and history have spoken.
...the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel 4:32
Were they? Let's look at the legacy of the Davis regime. In April 1862 the Davis regime instituted conscription and forcibly extended the enlistment of soldier, in spite of the fact that they were supposed to be state militia on load to the central government. The Davis regime seized private property without compensation by placing a levy on all agricultural produce "for the war effort". They forced private ship owners to reserve a percentage of their cargo space for the government without payment "for the war effort". They forced slave owners to provide slave labor for government projects, again without payment. The confederate congress enacted a protective tariff in May 1861 in spite of the fact that their constitution did not allow it. They refused to create a supreme court in spite of the fact that their constitution required it. The government seized control of industries like salt and liquor and textiles. They proclaimed martial law in sections of the country hundreds of miles from the fighting and jailed thousands without trial. They tried to enact an income tax that was confiscatory in nature. And this is your idea of home rule, smaller government, less taxes, and individual liberty?