By 1865... - it was clear the South could not be defeated.
- parts of the South lay in ruins because of the North's strategy of "total war".
- large parts of the North were destroyed because of invasions by Lee's army
- the Union army was doing very little damage to the South.
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answer; ///i do believe that the correct answer for the above is ( which states would be free and which states would have check first good

  the common sense as a pamphlet written by thomas paine. it promoted the independence of the colonies from british rule. the distribution of this pamphlet was great, it reached people everywhere and it was even read aloud at places people met. it also unite the colonists before the revolutionary war.

answer is d