Use the above image to answer the following question: Why might the cartoonist have used a tree and branch to illustrate the South's secession from the United States?

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Responses

A. to show that the South did not have the industrial capabilities of the North
A. to show that the South did not have the industrial capabilities of the North

B. to show that the South's economy was weaker than the North
B. to show that the South's economy was weaker than the North

C. to show that the South lacked the important resource of timber
C. to show that the South lacked the important resource of timber

D. to show that the South could not succeed without the North

D. to show that the South could not succeed without the North