Question
How did the Union's Anaconda Plan strategy aim to defeat the Confederacy through economic and geographic means? (1 point)
Responses
Interrupt Confederate supply lines
Interrupt Confederate supply lines
Capture major Confederate cities
Capture major Confederate cities
Block southern ports and control Mississippi River
Block southern ports and control Mississippi River
Destroy southern agricultural infrastructure
Responses
Interrupt Confederate supply lines
Interrupt Confederate supply lines
Capture major Confederate cities
Capture major Confederate cities
Block southern ports and control Mississippi River
Block southern ports and control Mississippi River
Destroy southern agricultural infrastructure
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The Union's Anaconda Plan strategy aimed to defeat the Confederacy primarily by **blockading southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River**. This approach sought to cut off the South's access to international trade and resources, effectively strangling the Confederate economy and restricting their ability to supply their troops. It was designed to be a long-term strategy that would weaken the South's ability to sustain the war effort through economic pressure and control of critical transportation routes.