Question

And this great crisis was only the bursting into flame of many smaller fires that had long been smoldering. For generations the two sections had been drifting apart. Since the middle of the seventeenth century, Mason and Dixon's line had been a line of real division separating two inherently distinct portions of the country.

Answer 1

Which of the following correctly explains the last paragraph of this excerpt?

The country had been divided for years, and the Civil War just made that clear.

The Mason and Dixon line was more than just a figurative division of the country.

The crisis of the Civil War came in the form of fiery destruction.

The real division of the Civil War came during the mid-seventeenth century.


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