(6) War develops in the West Exam
Question And Answers 2025
Select the TWO railroad lines that the North needed to
capture to cut Southern communications. - correct
answers✅Memphis to Chattanooga to Richmond
Vicksburg to Savannah
Why did President Lincoln place General McClellan under the
command of General Halleck? - correct answers✅McClellan
failed to capture Richmond.
Who was offered command of the Union Army after Fort
Sumter and felt a victory in the North would turn public
opinion against the war? - correct answers✅General Robert E.
Lee
The Union forces in the West, led by General Grant, first
invaded the state of: - correct answers✅Tennessee
The battle in which more Americans fell than in all the
previous wars the United States had fought was at: - correct
answers✅Shiloh
