Military Conflict in the Civil War

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

The Anaconda Plan (Winfield Scott)

A
$Aimed to invade and seize Richmond immediately in a single rapid campaign$
B
$Sought to blockade Southern ports and divide the Confederacy along the Mississippi$
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C
$Was a Confederate strategy to encircle Washington and starve the Union capital$
D
$Was rejected by Lincoln in favor of immediate frontal assaults on the South$

Explanation

The strategy succeeded over time, though many Northerners initially mocked it as too slow.

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