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Why was the Confederacy vulnerable to a blockade from the North?
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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.
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How did they enabled the North blockade the Confederacy's vital ports?
With a large and well-organized army
Why was the south vulnerable to the blockade by the north?
The North had a well-organized navy, while the South had no navy and few good ports.
Why was the south vulnerable to blockade by the north?
The North had a well-organized navy, while the South had no navy and few good ports.
Why was south vulnerable to a blockade by north?
Because the South had no manufacturing industry, so it needed foreign imports. But it also had no Navy to combat the Union blockade.
Why was south vulnerable to a blockade by the north?
Because the South had no manufacturing industry, so it needed foreign imports. But it also had no Navy to combat the Union blockade.
What event led to naval blockade around the Southern States?
The Confederacy's capture of Fort Sumter led to the Naval blockade.
Where did the confederacy get most of their materials?
From the blockade-runners.
What were ships called that were built by the confederacy to break the union blockade?
They are called Blockade Runners
What did the north call its strategy to defeat the south by forming a naval blockade and by capturing the Mississippi river?
The Anaconda Plan - constricting the life out of the Confederacy
What event led to the naval blockade around the Southern?
The Confederacy's capture of Fort Sumter led to the Naval blockade.
Why was blockade important?
It stopped the Confederacy from importing the goods it desperately needed.
Which is an accurate description of an advantage held by one side at the beginning of the Civil War?
The North had a big enough navy to blockade the Southern ports and starve the Confederacy of imports.
