Conflict during the Civil War escalated dramatically in 1861 President Lincoln followed General Scott's Anaconda Plan. The Union forces wrapped around the South like a giant constrictor snake. Union troops set up blockades along the southern U.S coast. This was intended to prevent the transport of Confederate troops and supplies by sea. Capturing Hatteras Inlet in North Carolina was crucial to the Anaconda Plan. Hatteras Inlet had helped Southerners get through the Union blockade. The inlet was a hole in the "snake" that the Union was building. Do It! The Anaconda Plan would __ the Confederate army. A dissolve A B benefit B impress C D weaken