Question

my shoes are 150 dollars a pair. in two or three months these prices will be doubled. two meals a day . . . we have no reason to complain, so many families are so much worse off. many have not tasted meat for months, and we have a cow and are able to have butter.february 22, 1865yesterday afternoon we walked all over the town. . . . i meant last night to write down some description of what i had seen, but was too wretchedly depressed and miserable to even think of it. . . . it is even worse than i thought. the place is literally in ruins. the entire heart of the city is in ashes— only the outer edges remain.wretchedly: horriblyif lecontes community was similar to others in the confederate states, which of the following conclusions are supported by these diary entries? select the two that applysome southern cities were burned down during the war.the union and confederate armies stayed far away from southerners homes.the war had made it harder to find meat and dairy products.prices in the confederate states stayed low during the war

Explanation:

1. The first diary entry notes many families haven't had meat for months, while the writer's household has a cow and butter, showing scarcity of meat and dairy due to the war.
2. The February 22, 1865 entry describes the town's heart being in ashes and the place in ruins, which supports that some Southern cities were destroyed (burned) during the war.
3. The other options are incorrect: the ruins show armies did not stay away from homes, and the first entry states prices will double, so prices did not stay low.

Answer:

• Some Southern cities were burned down during the war.
• The war had made it harder to find meat and dairy products.