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Why did the union think it was important to blockade the confederacy?
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∙ 14y ago
To starve them of the imported goods they needed, having no manufacturing industry, only agriculture.
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Why do you think the union organized a blockade off the Atlantic coast?
To prevent the Confederacy from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for war supplies.
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 important was the Union blockade to defeating the Confederacy?
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.
What were ships called that were built by the confederacy to break the union blockade?
They are called Blockade Runners
Why do you think the union organized a blockade off the Atlantic coast?
To prevent the Confederacy from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for war supplies.
The naval blockade of the Confederacy by the Union led to?
skyrocketing food prices in the south
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.
Blockade in a sentence?
The Union blockade of Southern ports prevented the Confederacy from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for the war supplies it so desperately needed.
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.
What part did naval forces play in the civil war?
The union blocked the confederacy by using a naval blockade.
