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It was not really Lincoln's plan. It was put forward by the elderly General-in-Chief, Winfield Scott, and it was jokingly called 'Scott's Anaconda', because it suggested slow strangulation of the Confederacy.
Most people (on both sides) expected it to be a short war, so the Anaconda Plan did not go ahead.
Later, when it became clear that it was going to be a long war, the Union adopted a plan very like it.
This was an interesting example of profound military insight by a General who was much too old (couldn't get on a horse, hardly able to walk) and should have retired years earlier. Yet if they had proceeded with his plan at the beginning, the war might have been over sooner.
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The south feared the norths?
Rapid population growth
What was lincokns initial goal at the start of the civil war?
Lincoln said that he acted to preserve the Union. Although he later decided to free the slaves in the South, it was not his stated motive for seeking to disband the Confederacy.Restore the Union.
What was Abraham Lincoln's biggest objective in the Civil War?
President Lincoln's main goal was to preserve and restore the Union, which was his central sworn duty as President. Although he also wished very much to see the end of slavery, he only pursued that goal when it aligned with the one of restoring the Union.
How did general grant plan to defeat the south?
Because he is awesome
What did the south do when Lincoln won?
The southerners hired a assassin to assassinate president Lincoln.
Why was there more then 1 president in the civil war?
The North adn South were two countries and therefore were run by two different governments. The norths president was Abraham Lincoln and the South's was Jefferson Davis.
What were Lincoln's intentions toward the South after the war ended?
help the south out after an defeat in the civil war
What was Lincoln's initial stance when the south began to secede?
Lincoln's initial stance when the South began to secede was to not fire on Fort Sumter. He was trying to stay out of it and allow the upper south to convince the lower south to not secede.
What did the South feared the Norths?
Rapid population growth.
The south feared the norths?
Rapid population growth
How did the norths population differ from the south?
The North's population was much larger than the South's.
How did the Norths population differ from the south population?
The North's population was much larger than the South's.
What was the initial plan of Lincoln for releasing enslaved Africans?
He didn't have an initial plan to release slaves. He planned to take down the South and freeing the slaves was an extra bonus for him
Best describes Lincoln's initial goals in the war against the South?
He wanted to restore the Union as quickly as possible............APEX..........
What best describes Lincoln's initial stance when the South began to secede?
To provoke the CSA to start the war and try to reunite the country.
What is so interesting about South Korea?
It is separated from North Korea, and Souths' economy is better than norths'.
What was norths goals during the civil war?
to free all slaves from slavry in the south
