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How important was the Union blockade to defeating the Confederacy?
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∙ 12y ago
Crucially important.
It prevented them from Importing and Exporting - in other words, exchanging their plentiful cotton for all the war supplies they couldn't manufacture for themselves, because they were agrarian not industrial.
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Why did the union think it was important to blockade the confederacy?
To starve them of the imported goods they needed, having no manufacturing industry, only agriculture.
The naval blockade of the Confederacy by the Union led to?
skyrocketing food prices in the south
What was the goal of the union blockade?
To prevent the Confederacy from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for war supplies.
How did the confederacy make the union recognize them as an independent nation?
It never did. The Union referred to the South as 'the rebel states'. However, by announcing a blockade of the Southern ports, the Union appeared to be giving the Confederacy the status of a separate nation.
How was fighting the civil war preserving the union?
Defeating the Confederacy, and restoring the integrity of the United States.
What were ships called that were built by the confederacy to break the union blockade?
They are called Blockade Runners
Why did the union think it was important to blockade the confederacy?
To starve them of the imported goods they needed, having no manufacturing industry, only agriculture.
What is one reason that the union strategy for defeating the south include a naval blockade of southern ports?
So that the Confederacy could not export its plentiful cotton in exchange for much-needed war-supplies.
The naval blockade of the Confederacy by the Union led to?
skyrocketing food prices in the south
How important was the Union blockade to defeating the Confederacy and how could the Union have won the war without it?
The blockade was crucial to Northern strategy. Without it, the South could have exchanged its cotton for war supplies, and the result of the war could have been very different. It is hard to see how the war could have been won without it, although the Emancipation Proclamation did keep Britain and France from aiding the Confederates. Just reflect that it took four years to win, even with the blockade in place.
Why was the attitude of great Britain so important to the outcome of the civil war?
The Confederacy needed British official recognition as a nation to help break the Union blockade.
Name one reason the Confederacy ran low on supplies?
Union blockade on all ports.
What was the goal of the union blockade?
To prevent the Confederacy from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for war supplies.
What was an effect of the union's navel blockade of the confederacy?
Rapidly rising food prices across the South.
What did the union blockade of the confederacy accomplish?
It captured transport vessels, creating acute supply shortages.
What was an effect of the Union's navel blockade of the Confederacy?
Rapidly rising food prices across the South.
Why was one strategy that the Union had for defeating the south a naval blockade of southern ports?
Because the Union hoped that by creating a blockade on the ports, the South would be unable to trade, and their economy would be ruined.
