Question

Which of the following were instrumental in General Grant’s plan for ending the Civil War? Select all that apply.
(1 point)

using generals who would obey without question

engaging financial help from European allies

destroying anything in the South that would help the Confederacy

opening negotiations for a peaceable Confederate surrender

Answer 1

Answers: 1, 3, and 4.

Grant centralized strategy and relied on subordinate commanders who would carry out his coordinated offensives; he sanctioned "hard war" tactics (destroying supplies, railroads, crops) to deprive the Confederacy of resources; and he accepted and promoted peaceable surrender terms (e.g., Appomattox) when Confederate forces were defeated. He did not seek financial help from European allies.