It prevented them from exchanging their cotton for the war supplies they so urgently needed, having no manufacturing capacity of their own.
Stopped them exporting their plentiful cotton in exchange for much-needed war-supplies from abroad.
The South surrendered.
War supplies from abroad. The Union naval blockade prevented them from exporting their cotton in exchange for the goods they badly needed.
southern blockade-runners- fast ships that outran the federal ships- often slipped through the blockade.
The blockade stopped the south from importing and exporting goods to other areas.
yes
they wanted to go and do stuff
Because it made sure that the south could not sell or recieve goods. It ruined their economy.
The South's main income was from cotton exported internationaly.
Stopped them exporting their plentiful cotton in exchange for much-needed war-supplies from abroad.
Effective naval blockade of principal ports, and control of the Mississippi River
Blockade the Southern ports, to prevent the Confederacy importing war material in exchange for cotton.
The South surrendered.
War supplies from abroad. The Union naval blockade prevented them from exporting their cotton in exchange for the goods they badly needed.
A Sea Blockade/ Union Blockade
South
Because the South had no manufacturing industry, so it needed foreign imports. But it also had no Navy to combat the Union blockade.