Question

Select the items that explain why Grant thought he would eventually defeat Lee.

Answer 1

Replace equipment loss

receive reinforcements for his army

superior resources

Answer 2

Question: Select the items that explain why Grant thought he would eventually defeat Lee.  

Options:

• superior resources  

• better communications  

• receive reinforcements for his army  

• better artillery  

• replace equipment losses

Answer:  

• superior resources  

• receive reinforcements for his army  

• replace equipment loses

Explanation: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were the generals primarily responsible for the outcome of America's great Civil War. However, Grant won the war due to his superior resources, the reinforcements for his army and replacement of equipment loses. His aggressive fighting strategy was in compliance with the U.S. government's strategic war aims. He fought six Confederate armies and captured three of them. He chased the Confederates out of Chattanooga and Tennessee and conquered the Mississippi Valley. He was successful for two years in the West. During the Civil War, Grant was the only general to receive the surrender of three Confederate armies. Lee surrendered to Grant in the city of Appomattox.