Anaconda Plan

Name given to the Civil War plan devised by Union General Winfield Scott to seal the South off from the rest of the world.

Anaconda means huge snake. General Winfield Scott made the Anaconda Plan.

by Emokiss June 05, 2009

border states

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri: slave states in between the North and the South that did not join the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Kentucky and Maryland are border states. Though they are often called Southern states full of Confederate rednecks, they are really more Northern states who still have the same stronger economic ties with their sister states above them to this day.

by Emokiss June 05, 2009

Embargo

The banning of trade with a country.

Embargo

by Emokiss June 05, 2009

Embargo

The banning of trade with a country.

Embargo

by Emokiss June 05, 2009

Cotton Diplomacy

The South's use of cotton as a tool of foreign policy during the Civil War.

Cotton Diplomacy

by Emokiss June 05, 2009