Great Britain, with its mighty Royal Navy.
The Naval blockade
The Confederacy's capture of Fort Sumter led to the Naval blockade.
The Confederacy's capture of Fort Sumter led to the Naval blockade.
Blockades on Southern ports were set up in the Anaconda Plan. This plan was to use naval vessels to block all ports within the Confederates States. If they could not get their cotton out to market then they could not bring in any supplies.
The Naval blockade of Southern ports.
During most of WW1, the US remained a neutral nation. It tried to trade with both Great Britain and Germany, but Britain didn't allow the US to trade with Germany, so it set up a blockade.
As a result of the British naval blockade, U.S. Trade with the central powers mostly ended.
Naval blockade that we called a quarantine to avoid it being labeled an act of war (which it actually was).
A blockade runner ran through a naval base.
they put up a Blockade. The blockade stopped us from getting in.
A blockade runner is a vehicle, mainly a naval vehicle, with the purpose to bring cargo across a military blockade.