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DSST Civil War and Reconstruction

Category - Civil War

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Which of the following strategies employed by the North at the end of the Civil War heightened Southern animosity?
  1. The use of canons and other long-distance artillery
  2. The total war tactics practiced in Sherman's March to the Sea
  3. The conditions at Andersonville Prison
  4. Lincoln's efforts to negotiate a peaceful restoration of the South
  5. The use of ironclad ships
Explanation
Answer: B - Animosity between the South and North was greatly exacerbated by the total war tactics of General Sherman, who burned all of the cities and farms between Atlanta and Savannah. This unleashing of total war on the South, which rendered many non-combatants homeless, struck the Southerners as unjust given the limited resources in the South by this point in the war. This resentment made the reconciliation at the end of the war more difficult.
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