US Hist: 7.6

What was the major focus of the Union's western campaign during the Siege at Vicksburg?

• Control of the Mississippi River

• Capture of Richmond

• Blockade of Southern ports

• Alliance with European powers.

The Siege at Vicksburg was a turning point in the Civil War because it gave the Union control of the _______.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

• Gulf of Mexico

In the spring of 1863, Grant devised a new plan to take the Confederate stronghold. He marched his troops southward through Louisiana to a point south of ____.

• Richmond

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

• Atlanta

What was the outcome of the Battle of Chancellorsville for the Confederates?

• Victory

• Defeat

• Stalemate

• Retreat

During which battle did Confederate troops unsuccessfully try to break through Union lines at Little Round Top?

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Chancellorsville

In the Battle of Gettysburg, General Pickett's Charge was aimed at breaking through which line?

• Confederate line

• Union line

• Eastern line

• Western line

Which theater had the highest number of battles during the Civil War?

• Main Eastern Theater

• Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf

• Main Western Theater

• Trans-Mississippi Theater

The Union's total war strategy was implemented by _________.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• William Tecumseh Sherman

• Abraham Lincoln

What was the primary objective of Sherman's March to the Sea?

• To capture Savannah

• To destroy Confederate supplies

• To negotiate peace

• To recruit more soldiers.

Fill in the blank: In the election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln received ___ electoral votes.

• A) 21

• B) 212

• C) 1,805,237

• D) 2,213,665