What was the main purpose behind general winfield scott's anaconda plan?

Explanation:

Anaconda plan, military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War. The plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces

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(b) britain had a much larger navy than the u.s.

(d) the u.s. had a small army compared to britain.