It deprived them of the imports they needed, having no manufacturing capacity of their own.
That is why the blockade-runners like Rhett Butler became such important and glamorous figures.
By organising a system of blockade-runners. (See 'Gone with the Wind'.)
With a 3,500 mile coastline
the north was totally invaded by the south and the north totally invaded the south. the north was going to blockade the south and then invade it. The south was going to ware down the north and then invade it
The civil war blockade was when the Navy covered the Southern's coast so that no one could get through. The South could not trade and they could not get supplise or food or even money.
because the north didn't['t want to effort weapons
weaken the nothern blockade
Rapidly rising food prices across the South.
Rapidly rising food prices across the South.
the opposite to the southern :)
The South surrendered.
yes in the nothern part of the country
A Sea Blockade/ Union Blockade
The South could neither manufacture nor import anything like the amount of war supplies it needed.
South
Because the South had no manufacturing industry, so it needed foreign imports. But it also had no Navy to combat the Union blockade.
Because the South had no manufacturing industry, so it needed foreign imports. But it also had no Navy to combat the Union blockade.
Abraham Lincoln created a naval blockade to prevent the south from being able to take part in trading activities. This was an attempt by the president to bring about a peaceful end to the Civil War. The south challenged the blockade by building torpedo boats to attack the naval ships involved in the blockade.