This is an exerpt from a letter by General Winfield Scott written in 1861. The Anaconda Plan"So as to envelope the insurgent States and bring them to terms, with less bloodshed than by any other plan."What is the main objective of the plan described in General Scott's letter?To attack and bring under control a few key Southern citiesTo disrupt Southern supply lines by controlling the railroad junctions in the Southto sign treaties with Britain and France to prevent them from assisting the Southto suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports

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