Civil War Quiz: What Do You Know About the Anaconda Plan?
Q#1 — What were the main objectives of the Anaconda Plan?
Q#2 — Who proposed the Anaconda Plan?
Q#3 — How did the Anaconda Plan get its name?
Q#4 — What were the names of the two main operational components of the Anaconda Plan?
Q#5 — What reaction did the Anaconda Plan receive from a majority of the Union military high command?
Q#6 — What Executive Order by President Lincoln actually superseded the Anaconda Plan?
Q#7 — When was the Anaconda Plan approved and then implemented?
Q#8 — Who was initially given overall authority to implement the Anaconda Plan?
Q#9 — Which Assistant Secretary was key in advancing the western portion of the Anaconda Plan?
Q#10 — Approximately how many miles of Confederate coastline were included in the Anaconda Plan?
Q#11 — What was a major supply factor facing the Atlantic Blockade portion of the Anaconda Plan?
Q#12 — What was the solution to the supply problem for the Atlantic Blockade?
Q#13 — To implement the Gulf of Mexico Blockade component of the Anaconda Plan, what geographic location was critical to place under Union control?
Q#14 — By the end of the Civil War, approximately how many Union naval ships were involved in the Anaconda Plan?
Q#15 — How successful was the blockade at preventing ships sympathetic to the Confederacy from getting through?