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How many ships were in the blockade fleet that the north sent to the south during the civil war?
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194 Ships in the blockade fleet.
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The North did this to Southern ports during the Civil War?
Blockade
How did the blockade during the the civil war help the north?
The blockade stopped the south from importing and exporting goods to other areas.
What was used by the North during the civil war to limit South's trade?
The Naval blockade
Which strategy of the North was very effective in starving out the south during the civil war?
The Naval blockade of Southern ports.
What could the north do to hurt the south's trade during the civil war?
Effective naval blockade of principal ports, and control of the Mississippi River
Why was the Confederacy vulnerable to a blockade from the North?
During the US Civil War, the South had virtually no navy. This prevented them from actively battling with Union ships that were sent to blockade important Southern ports. Instead, they used mines, artillery fortifications and small scale raiding vessels to impede the Northern blockade.
Where was the British blockade located during the World War 1?
The North Sea
What were the straregies for the north?
During the Civil War, the goals for the Union were to create a naval blockade on southern ports, gain control of the Mississippi River, and take over the Confederates capitol of Richmond, Virginia.
What is a factor that historians believe contributed to the North's victory during the US Civil War?
They had a big enough Navy to blockade the Southern coast, to prevent them exporting their plentiful cotton for war supplies.
Why was the south not worried if civil war erupted and the north blockade cotton export?
At the beginning, the South was totally confident that it would be a short, glorious war, and the blockade would soon be lifted.
What was one goal of the north was to gain control of what during the US Civil War?
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.
Wooden ships built during the civil war?
During the Civil War, wooden ships were used. The ships the North built were used to blockade the South. The ships the South used were built to outrun the blockade. This all changed when the first ironclad, the Virginia, was made. It was unsinkable at the time. The North answered with the Monitor, and the two ships battled to a stalemate later in the war.
