What was the Union’s strategy at the beginning of the Civil War?Check all of the boxes that apply.

The Union’s early strategy, often called the Anaconda Plan, aimed to blockade the Confederate coastline and control the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy and restricting its supplies and trade. Capturing Richmond, the Confederate capital, was also an important Union objective. Waiting for Confederate forces to tire and financing the war by selling cotton to Europe were not Union strategies.

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