AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
END OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Put Ulysses S. Grant in charge of the army
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Ended slavery in the border states
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Made an alliance with Great Britain
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Allowed the Union army to use total war tactics
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Added a new step to the Anaconda plan
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Detailed explanation-1: -As President, he built the Republican Party into a strong national organization. Further, he rallied most of the northern Democrats to the Union cause. On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Capture Richmond. Without its capital, the Confederacy’s command lines would be disrupted. Shatter Southern civilian morale by capturing and destroying Atlanta, Savannah, and the heart of Southern secession, South Carolina.
Detailed explanation-3: -By winning the war, he achieved both these objectives-reunion and abolition.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lincoln vowed to preserve the Union even if it meant war. He eventually raised an army and navy of nearly three million Northern men to face a Southern army of more than two million soldiers.