Answers:
1. The South could produce all the food it needed.
2. Southerners enjoyed the initial advantage of morale.
3. The South was fighting on the defensive in its own territory.
4. By the end of the war,the South had established armories and foundries in several states.
5. The South claimed just 9 million people — including 3.5 million slaves — in 11 CONFEDERATE STATES.
6. Four states joined the Confederacy: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
