What was the main reason that the Confederacy was not able to match the technological advancements of the Union? a. The Union blockade did not allow for Southern education leaders to return to the South.
b. The South had very little industry before the beginning of the war.
c. Smaller immigrant population
d. Most of the Confederacy was in a warm climate that did not lend itself to people working indoors during the summer months.

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865