During the Final Two Years of the Civil War, It

During the final two years of the Civil War, it became obvious that Southern planters ____________.

A) were willing to accept momentous changes in their lives in order to bolster the Confederate war effort
B) recognized that the idea of states' rights had been a casualty of the war
C) were the only element left in the South that still supported the Confederate government
D) were more committed to their own selfish interests than to the creation of an independent Southern nation