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Because the South had no manufacturing industry, so it needed foreign imports. But it also had no Navy to combat the Union blockade.
The South used small, fast ships called blockade runners to outrun the longer Union warships and reach trading ports.
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to take over the mouth and the river of the Mississippi, and Tennessee rivers, to take over Richmond, and blockade the south
Naval blockade was practiced along the rivers and coastal regions of the south. This eventually ruined their economy. During the war, food was plentiful for civilians and soldiers, but it was difficult to move surpluses to areas of famine.
The South surrendered.
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