Final answer:
The Anaconda Plan was crafted by General Winfield Scott to constrict and suffocate the South into submission during the American Civil War.
Step-by-step explanation:
The plan you are referring to was created by General Winfield Scott during the American Civil War. It is known as the Anaconda Plan. The strategy involved a naval blockade of the Confederate coastline to prevent imports and exports, seizing control of the Mississippi River to divide the Confederacy, and then constricting the South's resources and movement of troops, hence the name likening it to an anaconda suffocating its prey. This military strategy was designed to suffocate the South into submission by cutting off all vital resources needed for the Confederate states to sustain the war effort.