Which of the following statements was not true of the Confederacy during
the Civil War?
(A) It lacked suffi cient textile factories for troop uniforms.
(B) It had few rifl e factories.
(C) It suff ered from food shortages.
(D) It was plagued by large slave uprisings.
(E) Its currency lacked value.
It was not true of the Confederacy during the Civil War that "(D) It was plagued by large slave uprisings," since in fact there were relatively few slave uprisings in the South during the War itself.