Civil War Strategies

Civil War Strategies

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a strategy employed by the Union through the Anaconda Plan?

• Blockade Confederate ports

• Capture the Confederate capital (Richmond, Virginia)

• Free southern slaves and have them fight for the Union

• Split the Confederacy in two, cutting off their food supply.

Multiple Choice

Why was blockading Confederate Ports so effective?

• It kept the South from getting supplies.

• It kept the North from getting supplies.

• It allowed for Union soldiers to sneak into the Confederacy.

• It made sending ships to war impossible.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains why the Union wanted to claim the Mississippi river?

• To cut off the Confederacy's ammunition and gun supply.

• To root out any Confederate soldiers on the river.

• To capture slaves as they tried to escape.

• To cut off the Confederacy's food supply.

Fill in the Blank

What strategy does this definition go with: Destroy Confederate armies, land, transportation and communication systems to break their spirit.

Open Ended

Which of the five strategies discussed under the Anaconda Plan do YOU think would be most effective?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the Confederacy's ideology on fighting the Civil War?

• "We will wait for the Union to enter the South and attack them on land we know."

• "We will attack the Union in the North."

• "We will use our slaves to fight the war for us."

• "We will cut off the Union's resources through our own blockade."

Fill in the Blank

The HL Hunley was a _________ that helped South Carolina break through Union blockades.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes why the Confederacy used "King Cotton Diplomacy"?

• They wanted to keep cotton away from the North so they would surrender.

• They wanted to keep cotton away from Europe to they would ally with them.

• They wanted to sell cotton to Mexico in exchange for supplies for the war.

• They wanted to use cotton to make uniforms for the war.

Open Ended

Which sides' strategy do you think would be most effective? Why?