Answer:
Colonialism
Explanation:
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
If there was no blockade, the Confederacy would have gotten foreign aid from France or others. That would increase their imports and given them more supplies. They would have also been able to export cotton, their major crop, for money. The blockade stopped them from doing that and basically choked them into defeat, that is why it was called the Anaconda Plan.
The correct answer is a. Power is shared among the major branches of government.
In a system with separation of powers, each of the branches of government is responsible for certain actions and is also forbidden from other actions.