Anaconda Plan
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The Anaconda Plan was the Union’s early Civil War strategy to blockade and economically constrict the Confederacy, likened to a snake slowly suffocating its prey.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War strategy
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Union strategy → military strategy → |
| aimedAt |
blockading Southern coastline
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cutting off Confederate trade → restricting Confederate access to supplies → splitting the Confederacy along the Mississippi River → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Scott’s Great Snake
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| blockadeScope |
entire Confederate coastline
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| blockadeType |
naval blockade
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| conflict |
American Civil War
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| country |
United States
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| criticizedBy |
Northern press
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| criticizedFor |
being overly cautious
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being too slow → |
| depictedIn |
1861 cartoon "Scott’s Great Snake"
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| designedByPosition |
General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army
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| effect |
contributed to Confederate economic hardship
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helped prevent European intervention → limited Confederate imports of war materiel → restricted Confederate cotton exports → |
| goal |
avoid large-scale frontal assaults
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economically weaken the Confederacy → force Confederate surrender with minimal bloodshed → limit foreign recognition of the Confederacy → |
| hasPart |
control of the Mississippi River
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division of the Confederacy → economic strangulation of the Confederacy → naval blockade of Confederate ports → |
| implementedBy |
Union Army
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Union Navy → |
| influenced |
Union naval strategy
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Union riverine operations → |
| metaphor |
snake slowly suffocating its prey
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| namedAfter |
anaconda
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| opposedTo |
Confederate States of America
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| proposedBy |
General-in-Chief Winfield Scott
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Winfield Scott → |
| riverControl |
Mississippi River
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major Western rivers → |
| startTime |
1861
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| strategyType |
economic warfare
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war of attrition → |
| theater |
Atlantic Ocean
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Gulf of Mexico → Mississippi River Valley → |
| timePeriod |
early American Civil War
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| usedBy |
Union
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Winfield Scott
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Winfield Scott
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notableWork |