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Southern Surrender

Question 3 • CA-MS United States History and Geography: Growth and Conflict B

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.

Answer
A
Farmers’ lands became more profitable.
B
Many farmers lost their cattle and mules.
C
Farmers destroyed their own farms.
D
The army stole many wagons full of food.
E
Farmers lost workers as enslaved people ran away.

Explanation

Sherman’s army used a scorched-earth campaign through Georgia, taking or destroying resources that could support the Confederacy. Many farmers lost cattle and mules, and the army took wagons full of food. Enslaved people also fled to freedom, so farmers lost the labor they had been forcing them to provide. The march did not make farms more profitable, and farmers destroying their own farms is not one of the effects described.

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