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What was the main objective of the Anaconda Plan?
What was the main objective of the Anaconda Plan?
Which of these was NOT a key element of the Anaconda Plan?
Which of these was NOT a key element of the Anaconda Plan?
What analogy was used to describe the Anaconda Plan?
What analogy was used to describe the Anaconda Plan?
What was the significance of the Union’s ability to block Confederate ports?
What was the significance of the Union’s ability to block Confederate ports?
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Which of the following is an accurate description of the Anaconda Plan's strategy?
Which of the following is an accurate description of the Anaconda Plan's strategy?
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What role did ground troops play in the Anaconda Plan?
What role did ground troops play in the Anaconda Plan?
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Study Notes
The Anaconda Plan
- Shortly after Lincoln's call for troops, the Union adopted General-in-Chief Winfield Scott's Anaconda Plan to suppress the rebellion.
- The strategy aimed to strangle the Confederacy by cutting off access to coastal ports and inland waterways via a naval blockade.
- Ground troops would enter the interior as part of the plan.
- The Anaconda Plan was designed to slowly squeeze the South dry of its resources by blocking all coastal ports and inland waterways.
- This blockade would prevent the importation of goods and the export of cotton.
- The plan was compared to an anaconda snake, which surrounds and squeezes its prey.
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Learn about General-in-Chief Winfield Scott's strategy to suppress the rebellion during the American Civil War. The Anaconda Plan aimed to strangle the Confederacy by cutting off access to coastal ports and inland waterways.
