Conflict during the Civil War escalated dramatically in 1861. President Lincoln followed General Scott's Anaconda Plan. The Union forces wrapped around the South like a giant constrictor snake. Union troops set up blockades along the southern U.S. coast. This was intended to prevent the transport of Confederate troops and supplies by sea. Capturing Hatteras Inlet in North Carolina was crucial to the Anaconda Plan. Hatteras Inlet had helped Southerners get through the Union blockade. The inlet was a hole in the "snake" that the Union was building.
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The Anaconda Plan would _________ the Confederate army.
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A benefit
B dissolve
C weaken
D impress
C weaken
C weaken
To figure out the answer, we need to understand what the Anaconda Plan was and how it affected the Confederate army. The Anaconda Plan, developed by General Scott and followed by President Lincoln during the Civil War, aimed to strangle and weaken the Confederate states by surrounding them with Union forces and blockading their coast.
Looking at the given options, we can eliminate option D ("impress") since it does not align with the strategy of the Anaconda Plan.
Option A ("benefit") doesn't accurately reflect the intention of the plan, as it aimed to harm or weaken the Confederate army rather than providing any sort of benefit to them.
Option B ("dissolve") also doesn't accurately represent the Anaconda Plan's goal, which was to weaken the Confederate army, not to dissolve it completely.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C ("weaken"), as the Anaconda Plan intended to weaken the Confederate army by cutting off their supplies, troops, and resources with the use of blockades and encircling forces.