Who commanded all Union forces when the Civil War began? A) General George B. Mc
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Who commanded all Union forces when the Civil War began? A) General George B. McClellan. B) General U. S. Grant. C) General Winfield Scott. D) General Zachary Taylor 36. 37. What was the title of the Union's plan to squeeze the Confederacy into submission? A) Anaconda Plan. B) Magnolia Blossom Offensive. C) Operation Overlord. D) Three-Way Condor Plan. How did President Lincoln want his generals to conduct the war? A) 38. By coordinating attacks so southern armies would be engaged and unable to assist each other. By instilling greater discipline in their soldiers. B) C) By launching an offensive that would capture Richmond. D) By opening the Mississippi River corridor for Union shipping. Who was selected to serve as president of the Confederate States of America? A) B) C) D) 39. Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia, a cooperationist. Edmund Ruffin of Virginia, a fire-eating secessionist. Jefferson F. Davis of Mississippi, a moderate. Judah Benjamin of Louisiana, an independent. Why was the ironclad CSS Virginia not likely to make a difference in the Confederate's campaign? A) It could not maneuver in waters where the blockade ships waited. B) The ship's technology was far inferior to that of the Union "monitors." C) Union ships already had developed effective antisubmarine technology. D) The Confederacy lacked the skilled manpower to operate the ship. 40. 41. Which of the following is not true about the Union blockade? A) B) C) D) It played an important role in defeating the diplomacy of King Cotton. It grew more effective every year. It relied on one of the largest and most modern navies in the world at the time. It failed to make an impact on blockade runners.Explanation / Answer
36)ANS:General George B. McClellan
37)ANS:The Anaconda plan, it was the Union's strategic plan to defeat the Confederacy at the start of the American Civil War. The goal was to defeat the rebellion by blockading southern ports and controlling the Mississippi river. General Scott's Anaconda Plan was a very passive way of defeating the Confederacy.
38)ANS:By launching an offensive that would capture Richmond.He was in actuality as well as in title the commander in chief who, by his larger strategy, did more than Grant or any other general to win the war for the Union. Throughout the Civil War, Lincoln wanted to rely on professional military counsel, but he quickly learned at the outset of the war that he could not rely on them.
39)ANS:Jefferson F. Davis of Mississippi,a moderate
40)ANS:. It could not maneuver in the waters where the blockade ships waited
41)ANS:It failed to make an impact on blockade runners. One of the few senior men in Washington who realized that this could be a long war, and they developed an appropriate naval strategy that would make a decisive impact on the war's outcome.This allowed blockade runners to import military supplies to the Confederacy with relative ease.
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