The Outbreak of the Civil War Showed That

The outbreak of the Civil War showed that

A) Americans have consistently been more interested in the common good and moral principles than in their own economic gain.
B) opposing interests can always be reconciled through deliberation.
C) slavery died out on its own, just as the founders had expected it would.
D) slavery was not economically profitable.
E) divisions over slavery were too deep to be resolved by "the mild voice of reason."