Why was the capture of Atlanta in 1864 critical? (Choose two.) General Ulysses Grant was about to take General Sherman's command of the Union troops away.
Lincoln was up for re-election, and this Union victory almost guaranteed that he would win.
Morale was getting low among Union troops, and this boosted their will power to keep fighting.

The Confederates lost their will to fight after Atlanta was captured and quickly surrendered.

The fall of Atlanta was a critical point in the Civil War

Explanation: Giving the North more confidence, and (along with the victories at Mobile Bay and Winchester) leading to the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln and the eventual surrender of the Confederacy.

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