SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
START OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Question
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It was much like a snake that slowly chokes its prey
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It showed how impossible it would be to cut of southern ports
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It circled the entire United States cutting off all land.
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It was named after the Union ship, The Anaconda.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because the blockade would be rather passive, it was widely derided by a vociferous faction of Union generals who wanted a more vigorous prosecution of the war and likened it to the coils of an anaconda suffocating its victim. The snake image caught on, giving the proposal its popular name.
Detailed explanation-2: -Without the port, the Confederacy would not have much chance of winning the war. So the plan was called “Anaconda” to resemble how the Union planned to choke the Confederacy, just like an Anaconda chokes its prey.
Detailed explanation-3: -Elliott’s map compares Scott’s scheme to an anaconda, a large South American snake that squeezes and crushes its prey. The comparison implies that the plan would take time to work, yet Scott’s strategy, in fact, contribute to an eventual Northern victory.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Union strategy to win the war did not emerge all at once. By 1863, however, the Northern military plan consisted of five major goals: Fully blockade all Southern coasts. This strategy, known as the Anaconda Plan, would eliminate the possibility of Confederate help from abroad.