Question
How did the Confederates’ surrender at Vicksburg divide the Confederacy?
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Responses
The Confederacy lost the faith and support of its civilians.
The Confederacy lost the faith and support of its civilians.
The Confederacy lost its collective will to continue fighting.
The Confederacy lost its collective will to continue fighting.
Confederate armies in Northern states could no longer reach the South.
Confederate armies in Northern states could no longer reach the South.
The Confederacy could no longer get supplies from its western states.
(1 point)
Responses
The Confederacy lost the faith and support of its civilians.
The Confederacy lost the faith and support of its civilians.
The Confederacy lost its collective will to continue fighting.
The Confederacy lost its collective will to continue fighting.
Confederate armies in Northern states could no longer reach the South.
Confederate armies in Northern states could no longer reach the South.
The Confederacy could no longer get supplies from its western states.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct response is:
**The Confederacy could no longer get supplies from its western states.**
The surrender at Vicksburg, which took place on July 4, 1863, gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, effectively splitting the Confederacy in two and cutting off supply lines from the western Confederate states to those in the east.
**The Confederacy could no longer get supplies from its western states.**
The surrender at Vicksburg, which took place on July 4, 1863, gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, effectively splitting the Confederacy in two and cutting off supply lines from the western Confederate states to those in the east.