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How did General Grant’s total war strategy affect the presidential election of 1864?-It made Lincoln a popular candidate for the Democratic Party, which approved of Grant’s strategy.-It allowed Sherman to capture Atlanta, which increased Lincoln’s popularity in the election.-It horrified many voters in the North, who decided to support Andrew Johnson instead of Lincoln.-It lost Lincoln support among abolitionists, who wanted him to focus on freeing enslaved workers instead.

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B) Allowed Sherman to capture Atlanta, which increased Lincoln's popularity in the election.

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Correct answer choice is :


B) It allowed Sherman to capture Atlanta, which increased Lincoln’s popularity in the election


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In the United States Presidential election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president. Lincoln ran under the National Union flag opposite to his previous top Civil War general, the Democratic nominee, George B. McClellan. As the election happened during the American Civil War, it was fought only by the states that had not left from the Union.


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