Anaconda plan
Whats the anaconda plan?
The anaconda plan is a tactic used against the confederacy to weaken and squeeze.
what is a blockade
To seal or prevent someone for entering or leaving or blocking someone from giving materials and essentials.
What important body of water is Vicksburg located on?
Mississippi River
what are the 3 steps of the anaconda plan
1. step is they would surround them by sea
2. take control of the mississipi river
3.take contral of the capital
What side planned to implement a blockade?
Union
Who were the generals that fought at Vicksburg?
General Grant
General Pemperton
Who wrote the Anaconda Plan?
General Winfield Scott
In what year did the Union start the blockade?
1861
When did the battle of Vicksburg end?
July 4, 1863
What side planned to use the Anaconda Plan?
Union
What did the Confederacy ask Great Britain for because of the blockade?
How long did the battle of Vicksburg last?
47 days or more than a month
Was the North successful in carrying out the Anaconda Plan?
Yes they were.
What are 2 results of the blockade?
The South could not export cotton or import needed supplies.
What extreme measures did the people take at Vicksburg?
the people had to eat leather belts and leather boots they would also dig a hole on a side of a mountain to live