Why did the South decide to fight a defensive war? (1 point) Responses to protect their plantations to protect their plantations to make the North look like the aggressor to make the North look like the aggressor to take advantage of their knowledge of the land to take advantage of their knowledge of the land to make maximum use of their limited transportation system to make maximum use of their limited transportation system

The South decided to fight a defensive war primarily to make maximum use of their limited transportation system.