(A) The total war strategy would keep the South from trading with Great Britain and France.
(B) Sherman’s men wanted revenge for the treatment of Union soldiers in the Andersonville prison camp.
(C) The invasion of Georgia would lead to armed revolt by the slaves, and this would help the Union win the war.
(D) ** The destruction of Georgia would be so complete that it would break the Confederacy’s will to continue fighting.
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Concept note-1: -Shermans application of total war, however, was not only to destroy the support base of the Confederacy but also to take the war to the people of the Deep South, making them feel the hardships of war and breaking their will.
Concept note-2: -Total War. Sherman’s “total war” in Georgia was brutal and destructive, but it did just what it was supposed to do: it hurt Southern morale, made it impossible for the Confederates to fight at full capacity and likely hastened the end of the war.
Concept note-3: -What is the BEST reason that Sherman would use the strategy of “total war” to defeat the South? The total war strategy would keep the South from trading with Great Britain and France. Sherman’s men wanted revenge for the treatment of Union soldiers in the Andersonville prison camp.
Concept note-4: -Through the employment of a scorched-earth policy, Sherman successfully disrupted the flow of supply of Confederate forces, broke the will of the civilian South to support the Confederate cause, and thus, hastened the end of the civil war.