Which Best Describes the South's Goal in Seceding from the Union

Which best describes the South's goal in seceding from the Union?

A) to create a slave empire based on reactionary ideals
B) to slowly get rid of slavery and exist as an independent nation
C) to recreate the government of the British Isles
D) to recreate the Union as it had been before the Republican Party
E) to form a powerful nation that would eventually take over the North