What did the Union hope to accomplish in the West during the Civil War? taking control over the Mississippi River
waging war on open battlefields
O invading the Confederacy from the south and west
O gaining control of border states and important rivers

invading the Confederacy from the south and west

invading the Confederacy from the south and west

Explanation:

how is this a high school question im learning this in 7th grade

that would be the steamboat because none of the other things are forms of transportation