Southern Surrender Answers

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What is the main idea of the excerpt?

The Southern mules were starving.

Sherman’s troops took mules and other animals from Southern civilians.

Sherman thought it was important to leave Atlanta with a lot of wagons.

According to this excerpt, what did Sherman’s army go out to do each day?

Load wagons with artillery

Steal horses and food

Recruit men to help them steal horses

Based on what you have learned in this assignment, what were the effects of Sherman’s March on farmers in Georgia?Check all the boxes that apply.

Farmers’ lands became more profitable.

Many farmers lost their cattle and mules.

Farmers destroyed their own farms.

The army stole many wagons full of food.

Farmers lost workers as enslaved people ran away.

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