The correct answer is siege.
Gaining control of Vicksburg was essential to the Union's military strategy. Taking control of Vicksburg would allow the Union army to control the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River was the lifeline for the Confederacy, as this waterway allowed them to easily send goods and troops to different parts of the US. Controlling the river would help the Union to stop the Confederacy from being able to transport goods. Along with this, it would also cut off Confederate states (like Texas) from other Confederate states located along the Atlantic Ocean.
President Eisenhower provided support to see that the Supreme Court's ruling was enforced.
For instance, after the Brown vs. the Board of Education decision in 1954, many schools were reluctant to comply with the ruling. In Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock Central High School was still segregated in 1957 when a number of black students enrolled in the school - the "Little Rock Nine" as they became known. The governor of Arkansas called out the state guard to prevent the students from attending the high school, but President Eisenhower called deployed federal troops in opposition to the governor to protect those students as they attended the school.
Well all the books and literature were in latin so it was kept mostly by the monks. They still speak latin to this day. But as years went on cultural mixing happened and latin became Italian, Spanish, Romanian, French and Portuguese.
