Question

Which of the following tables best explains the goal of blockades used by the Union and the Confederacy during the American Civil War?
A. Union: to block all coastal ports and inland waterways. Confederacy: to halt transportation and communication
B. Union: to gain financial support and aid from foreign powers such as Great Britain and France. Confederacy: To block the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and force the Union to surrender.
C. Union: to force foreign powers such as Great Britain and France to recognize its independence. Confederacy: To breakthrough naval blockades to acquire essential supplies such as weapons, ammunition, and medicine.
D. Union: to disrupt the South's economy and weaken the Confederacy's military by cutting off vital supplies. Confederacy: to prevent the Union from exporting cotton and other goods to foreign countries.

Answer 1

D.

The Union blockade (the Anaconda Plan) aimed to strangle the Southern economy and weaken Confederate military power by cutting off exports and imports (vital supplies, trade revenue). The Confederacy’s goal in response was to run or break the blockade to export cotton (to finance the war and try to gain foreign support) and to import weapons, ammunition, and medicine.