*100 points * Prompt Read the passage from A Confederate Girl’s Diary by Sarah Morgan Dawson. Then, respond to the writing prompt.

"The North Cannot subdue us. We are too determined to be free. They have no right to confiscate our property to pay debts they themselves have incurred. Death as a nation, rather than Union on such terms. We will have our rights secured on so firm a basis that it can never be shaken. If by power of overwhelming numbers they conquer us, it will be a barren victory over a desolate land.

We, the natives of this loved soil, will be beggars in a foreign land; we will not submit to despotism under the garb of Liberty. The North will find herself burdened with an unparalleled debt, with nothing to show for it except deserted towns, burning homes, a standing army which will govern with no small caprice, and an impoverished land.

If that be treason, make the best of it!”

–A Confederate Girl’s Diary,

Sarah Morgan Dawson

In one paragraph, explain Dawson’s viewpoint about the expected invasion of the Union army upon her home state of Louisiana. Your response should summarize her viewpoint and cite relevant textual evidence to support your explanation.