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The Misouri Compromise of 1820 delayed the Civil War for a generation. It was undone by the Compromise of 1850, and barely ten years after the end of the Missouri Compromise disunion and war came.

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What hasten the US in to world war 1?

Really it was because they didn't want to lose control of there already AWESOME nation. The president at the time, which I can't remember, ordered a secretive operation to take place, but was revoked. So the U.S. brought in their ARMY, also, the Air Force was part of the army at this time, to help fight along with the U>K> and the NATO,(North Atlantic Treaty Organization).


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The March to the Sea was important because it absolutely wrecked Georgia. The entire central part of the state was virtually wiped out. Factories and farms were burned, railways were destroyed, and infrastructure was ruined. This devastated the Confederate war effort, and helped hasten the end of the war. However, it also has had a powerful negative legacy in the South, particularly in Georgia, where Sherman's name is practically a curse word.


Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burned which southern city to the ground?

Union General William Tecumseh Sherman famously burned Atlanta, Georgia, to the ground during his March to the Sea in 1864. This military strategy aimed to destroy the Confederacy's war resources and morale. Sherman's campaign not only targeted military targets but also civilian infrastructure to hasten the end of the Civil War. The destruction of Atlanta was a significant turning point in the conflict.


Why was Atlanta targeted by Sherman?

Atlanta was targeted by General William Tecumseh Sherman during the Civil War for its strategic and logistical significance. As a crucial transportation hub and industrial center for the Confederacy, capturing Atlanta would disrupt supply lines and weaken Confederate military operations. Additionally, its fall was intended to boost Northern morale and demonstrate the effectiveness of Union military efforts. Sherman's campaign ultimately aimed to hasten the end of the war by crippling the Confederate war machine.


What will sherman lead that will carve a path of destruction in the south?

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