Question

What was General Ulysses S. Grant’s strategy to win the war?
(1 point)

to utilize the navy more effectively

to wage total war on the South

to bring the war to the territories in the West

to allow freed slaves to fight for the North

Answer 1

to wage total war on the South

Grant’s strategy was to apply relentless pressure and coordinate constant offensives to wear down Confederate armies and resources (a war-of-attrition/total-war approach).