What was the north's initial strategy in the civil war?

a)the north sought to invade virginia and take the confederate capital.

b)the north followed a strategy of total war, making the south "howl."

c)a total naval blockade of southern ports was supposed to bring the south back in the union.

d)scott's "great snake" would blockade the south's ports and control the mississippi river.

The correct answer is D) )Scott's "great snake" would blockade the South's ports and control the Mississippi River.

The North's initial strategy in the Civil War? was the following: Scott's "great snake" would blockade the South's ports and control the Mississippi River.

In 1861, cartoonist J.B. Elliot drew a funny cartoon pocketing fun at the Union's plan that General Winfield Scott had shown to President Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of the Civil War. The plan consisted on heavily defend Washinton D.C. and to block the southern ports in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast. Scott wanted to attack the Confederate Army along the Missippi to split it in two.

answer: the correct answer is c.

explanation:

well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns