Question

Why did the Union plan to blockade all Southern ports?

a
Because this would stop the English from signing and treaty with Confederacy
b
This would cut off their supplies
c
a blockade would discredit Jefferson Davis
d
this would force the Confederacy to abolish slavery

Answer 1

C. This would cut off their supplies.

The Anaconda Plan was a military strategy proposed by General Winfield Scott. By establishing a naval blockade on southern ports, specifically near the Mississippi River, the Confederacy was unable to export cotton. If the south could not export cotton, then they won't make any money, without money they cannot buy resources from other countries.