Question 2 • RS AZ-US History A
The Union victory at Gettysburg stopped Lee’s invasion of the North and gave the Northern public renewed confidence that the war could be won. For the Confederacy, the defeat and heavy losses weakened morale and made victory seem less likely. Therefore, the correct choice is A: it convinced the North that victory was possible and the South that defeat was inevitable.
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