Question

The capture of Vicksburg was important to the north because Vicksburg was the key to the anaconda plan school of gaining control of the_______ and cutting the south and half

Answer 1

The Answer is Mississippi River!

Answer 2

The capture of Vicksburg was important because it was the key for gaining control of the Mississippi river, opening it to the northern traffic; it would also cut the south from the east of the river, thus severing the Trans-Mississippi Confederacy.