When Facing a Food Shortage on the Confederate Home Front,southern

question 78

Multiple Choice

When facing a food shortage on the Confederate home front,southern wives did what?

• A) Most times,they abandoned their family farms.
• B) They sold their children into slavery so that at least they would be fed.
• C) They petitioned the government in large numbers for relief.
• D) They forced the slaves to steal food from a neighbor.
• E) They fled to the North,since food was more plentiful there.

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