From Gettysburg to Appomattox

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the states​ (a)   states in 1863. This gave Black Americans a chance to fight for the ​ (b)   ​ .

• Border
• Confederate
• Union
• Territories

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Getting control of the Mississippi and blockading the ports was part of which plan?

(a)  

• Anaconda plan

• The Great Snake

• Total War

• Siege and Blockade

Which river was vital for moving Confederate troops and supplies throughout the South?

(a)  

• Mississippi River
• Missouri River
• Ohio River
• Potomac River

Sherman's March to the Sea used a strategy called (a)   . This involves burning (b)   like Atlanta, destroying crops, and tearing up (c)   . The Union wanted to break the South's will to (d)   .

• Total War

• cities

• railroad lines

• fight

• cotton

• Anaconda Plan

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This Union General at Vicksburg was later promoted to Commander of Union forces after the victory

(a)  

• Ulysses Grant
• Robert E. Lee
• William Tecumseh Sherman
• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Vicksburg (May-July 1863) was known as this kind of military strategy.

(a)  

• Siege
• Blockade

• Total War

• Surprise Attack

Grant won this battle by taking control of Mississippi River and laying siege to the city of....

What is a siege?

(a)  

• to surround a city to force a surrender
• to stop ships from entering a port

• to rage against a machine

• the Union plan for victory

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Why did President Lincoln like General Grant?

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Lee wanted to take the fighting to the North because... (choose 2)

• it's too hot in the South

• he hoped for European support with a victory in the North

• to interfere with the upcoming Presidential election

• Lee wanted to gather supplies from northern mills and factories

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