The correct answer is a hypothesis
In the scientific method, a hypothesis can be defined as the provisional or attempted solution to a given problem. The level of truth attributed to such a hypothesis will depend on how the empirical data collected support or not what is stated in the hypothesis. This process, known as empirical contrasting of the hypothesis, can be carried out through confirmation (in the case of universal hypotheses) or verification (in the case of existential hypotheses).
the confederacy lacked soldiers compared to the union and lacked factories to produce weapons, etc
They must be kept in check with virtue
The people of Britain<span> by the city of Oslo</span>
