Presidential Reconstruction Answers

Northern forces targeted Richmond, Virginia, because it was

How did the Atlanta Campaign end?

How did Sherman's capture of Atlanta affect the outcome of the 1864 presidential election?

Of the 600,000 American soldiers killed in the Civil War, the majority died

Which best describes the March to the Sea?

Which made Atlanta an important city for the Confederacy? Check all that apply.It was located on the Mississippi.It was located near the Union states.It was a communications center.It was a transportation hub.It was a manufacturing center.It was a center of learning.

Wanting to avoid the same fate as Atlanta, the city of Savannah

In an effort to end the Civil War, in 1864 the Union planned to

Which is the best description of a scorched earth policy?

Georgia was most important to the Confederacy because it was

The painting shows the Battle of Chickamauga.

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Read the excerpt from the journal of a Georgia plantation owner’s widow.I hastened back to my frightened servants and told them that they had better hide, and then went back to the gate to claim protection and a guard. But like demons they rush in! My yards are full. . . . My eighteen fat turkeys, my hens, chickens, and fowls, my young pigs, are shot down in my yard and hunted as if they were rebels themselves. Utterly powerless I ran out and appealed to the guard.

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Why did the Union use a scorched earth policy in Georgia? Check all that apply.to show kindnessto weaken moraleto destroy resourcesto reform Southern farmingto live off the land