The three things were accomplished by the fall of Atlanta are: It improved Northern morale, it had help Lincoln get reelected in November, and destroyed the South ability to resist.
Truman's loyalty plan was to ferret out Communist in every place in American Society, It included the media, government, and business. In the long run it was seen as the red scare. There was a Communist everywhere, and they where no tAmerican. lol I just learned that yesterday.
I answered it in your other post and please don't double post. Thank you.