The Union navy was given the task of blockading almost 3,000 miles of Confederate Coastlines. Many ports were involved and the Union needed to build almost a new navy to cover the Southern ports.
I have the same worksheet, I put down: If there wasn't a blockade, there would have been a good chance that the Con. States would've won, due to the export of there crops for the import of needed weapons to win the war. God Bless the Internet.... :)
To stop aid from Europe.
The original Anaconda Plan did call for, in part, a blockade of Confederate ports on its east and southern coasts. The blockade's effectiveness is disputed by historians. Much of the South's in and out shipping was able to run past the blockade by cover of night. Also, as the coastlines were huge, there could not be a total 100% blockade. It did, however, stop many ships from sailing into Southern ports.
The ships were used as a blockade, so the confederate could not leave and retreat from the southern states.
The blockade was one of the three elements of the Anaconda Plan. Part two was control of the Mississippi while part three was denial of the West to the Confederate States.
Probably the North's naval blockade of principal southern ports not allowing much needed supplies to get in to hekp conduct the war; and also the cost to a principally agricultural economy of conducting the war itself
The Union Navy sent warships to stop any shipping to or from the Confederate seaports. -it was in June of 1863, and it was during the civil war. -the union blockaded all of the confederate's army and military supplies. -this blockade came to an advantage in the battle of Gettysburg.
Now there are no confederate states but there are some people who still have confederate beliefs.
A few goals of the north/union to gain control of were the Mississipi river, blockade the Confederate's seaports, and seize Richmond, the Confederate's capital.
The overall naval strategy of the Union in the US Civil War was to blockade Confederate ports. This would prevent supplies needed to fight the war from entering Southern ports. The blockade also tried to prevent ships laden with cotton bales to reach foreign destinations such as England. The British textile industry had been accustomed to receiving most of their cotton from the Southern US states. The Union's blockade Board coordinated these efforts with good results.
The Confederacy or The Confederate States of America
When the southern US States seceded from the United States of America in 1860, the government they formed was called the Confederate States of America