This is known as the Anaconda Plan.
This military strategy, developed by Union General Winfield Scott, was meant to starve the Confederacy out of their resources. Essentially, Scott felt that if the Confederacy could not trade for goods with other countries they would not be able to survive. This is due to the Confederacy's reliance on cotton as their main cash crop.
This strategy helps to explain why the US wanted to blockade trade with other countries as well as why the Union wanted to control the Mississippi River, as they knew control of this waterway could negatively impact the Confederacy's ability to transport/obtain resources.
The US immigrant population in 1910 was more culturally diverse than in the 1800s.
Answer: Option A
<u>Explanation:</u>
In 1900s, more and more immigrants from different parts of the world and especially Europe started to settle in America. Most of these immigrants settled in New York with an aim to find jobs and earn a living. American society in 1900s was full of diverse cultures and also depicted unity in diversity wherein all immigrants were incorporated in the society. American society in 1900s consisted of native America,s Latin Americans and Europeans who had mainly come from Southern and Eastern Europe.
The majority of Italian immigrants came to American between 1880 and 1910 to escape poverty in Southern Italy.
