Originally Developed by General Winfield Scott and Later Adopted by General

question 33

Multiple Choice

Originally developed by General Winfield Scott and later adopted by General Ulysses S. Grant, the Anaconda plan advocated

• A) moving cautiously and only attacking when victory was certain.
• B) constant pressure on Southern forces by controlling the Mississippi River and blockading the coast.
• C) cutting supplies to the South and waiting until the Confederacy starved or surrendered.
• D) concentrating Union forces and making an all-out assault on Richmond.
• E) the use of spies to infiltrate and disrupt Southern agriculture.

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Slave Economy

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