Which statement best describes the Anaconda Plan?

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Responses

It was the Union's plan to produce more industrial goods than the South.
It was the Union's plan to produce more industrial goods than the South.

It was the Confederacy's strategy to fight on familiar southern ground as often as possible.
It was the Confederacy's strategy to fight on familiar southern ground as often as possible.

It was the Union's strategy to surround and squeeze the Confederacy.
It was the Union's strategy to surround and squeeze the Confederacy.

It was the Confederacy's plan to build a powerful navy and win the war at sea.
It was the Confederacy's plan to build a powerful navy and win the war at sea.

1 answer

The statement that best describes the Anaconda Plan is:

It was the Union's strategy to surround and squeeze the Confederacy.

This plan aimed to blockade Southern ports and gain control of the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in two, thereby suffocating its resources and ability to fight.