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Because it was aimed at slowly squeezing the life out of the Confederacy.

The press and the public ridiculed it, but in the end Lincoln was forced to adopt a plan that was very similar.

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The Mississippi River looks like a big snake when it is drawn. It's desired effect was to strangle and suffocate the south (just like a python).

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It is called "Anaconda" because an anaconda squeezes its victim to death like the the Union is going to "squeeze" the South.

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What was two goals of the Anaconda Plan?

The Anaconda Plan called for the blockade of all southern seaports and the control of the Mississippi.


What was one goal of the Anaconda Plan?

To blockade the Southern ports.


What was the military strategy for the north?

The North used a strategy called the "Anaconda Plan". The plan was to set up a naval blockade along the eastern coast. The goal was to to block imports to the South and to strangle the South's economy. Hence, the name anaconda.


How did the anaconda plan blockade all eastern and southern ports in the confederate states?

The original Anaconda Plan did call for, in part, a blockade of Confederate ports on its east and southern coasts. The blockade's effectiveness is disputed by historians. Much of the South's in and out shipping was able to run past the blockade by cover of night. Also, as the coastlines were huge, there could not be a total 100% blockade. It did, however, stop many ships from sailing into Southern ports.


Did the Anaconda Plan effect slavery?

The Anaconda Plan affected slavery indirectly. It was a plan to blockade southern ports and prevent the Confederacy from receiving supplies and war material. The Anaconda Plan greatly weakened the southern economy during the Civil War and was one of the factors that led to its defeat, which ended slavery in the south.


Which of the following was a war strategy used by the Union?

the strategy that the union used was called the anaconda plan the anaconda plan was that the union would surround the confederate on all sides


What were four points of the anaconda plan?

Blockade the Southern ports. Seal the inland borders. Liberate the Mississippi. Send in the armies to invade the South.


Is the Northern Blockade and the Anaconda Plan the same thing?

The blockade was one of the three elements of the Anaconda Plan. Part two was control of the Mississippi while part three was denial of the West to the Confederate States.


What was General Scotts plan for the first year of the war?

The Anaconda Plan, which called for a naval blockade of the South, designed to strangle off their supplies to wage war


Was blockading Southern ports part of the Unions three part plan to conquer the South?

Yes. the Anaconda plan,as it is called, had these three parts: 1. Blockade southern ports 2. Cut the confederacy in half (take control of the Mississippi river) 3. Invade Virginia and capture the confederate capital (Richmond)


What were the key elaments in the anaconda plan?

Blockade the Southern ports, to starve the Confederacy of supplies. Liberate the Mississippi. Then send in armies of invasion to attack the South's weakened and starving forces.


The Union's plan for blocking all ports in the South was called what?

the Anaconda Plan.