It's D to divide the confederacy, it wa part of the anaconda plan. Step 1, blockade ports to prevent outside help. Step 2, split the south in half at the mississippi river (the battle of vicksburg was to capture a major control point of the mississippi completing step 2). Step 3, march on the capital city.
<span>The congressional district plan would be far easier to implement due to the fact that it does not require a constitutional amendment. It is a long, lengthy, and difficult process to add or change amendments in the constitution so if it is avoidable to do so, it would be far simpler.</span>
