8th Grade Civil War in the West

The Battle of Shiloh was important because?

• It gave the Union control of all of the Confederate arsenals

• It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River Valley

• It gave the Union access to Atlanta

At Fort Donelson, Ulysses S. Grant was given the nickname ____________________.

• Uncle Sam

• Unconditional Surrender

• Uncle Slippy

• Until Saturday

Which Naval leader helped to capture New Orleans

• David Farragut

• Admiral Halsey

• Ulysses S. Grant

• John Paul Jones

Why did the Union Army's capture of Vicksburg so important?

• It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River (Anaconda)

• It gave access to the upper Mississippi Delta Region

• It cut off all supplies to Robert E. Lee in Virginia

• It allowed the Union to attack Richmond

The Battle of Vicksburg was fought for Union control of ...

• Mount St. Helen

• Richmond Va

• Mississippi

• Lake Ontario

How does the Union Eventually Take the city of Vicksburg?

• He uses the Navy to draw attention away from the Army.

• They don't, the city remains in the hands of the Confederacy for the entire war

• Starves the civilians and Soldiers by not allowing anything in or out of the city

• A heavy bombardment of cannon fire on the same section of defensive walls.

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

• The Great Snake

• Total War

• Siege and Blockade

• Anaconda plan

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

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses Grant

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson