<h2>B) Atlanta served as an important manufacturing (industry/factories) and transportation (railways) location for the South</h2><h2 /><h3>Explanation:</h3><h3 />
It was the start of Sherman's journey to the sea burning everything in its path. Atlanta was bombed attacked and burned. The first clash of the civil war. Sherman occupies and burns Atlanta. This is where he began. Atlanta was utilized as a center for military operations and as a stocks route by the Federal army during the Civil War. Therefore, it also became an objective for the Union army. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops occupied the city in 1864.
