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Why was the south not worried if civil war erupted and the north blockade cotton export?
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∙ 13y ago
At the beginning, the South was totally confident that it would be a short, glorious war, and the blockade would soon be lifted.
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What problems did southern cotton planters face before the cotton gin?
They could no export their cotton because of the US Naval blockade
What is a naval blockade in civil war?
It was a successful tactic by the Union Navy to blockade the Southern ports, so that the Confederacy could not export its plentiful cotton in exchange for war-supplies.
What is the best example of a negative affect that the war had on the southern economy?
the northern blockade severely affected the south's ability to export its cotton
At the beginning of the War the South forbade the export of cotton in the belief it would cause Britain and France to break the Northern blockade?
Yes, it wasn't too clever. Europe had a cotton surplus that year.
Why did the north have more money then the south?
Because the North had all the manufacturing industry. The South only had cotton, which it couldn't export because of the Union blockade.
What did south do with its cotton in the early stages of the civil war?
Withheld it from export, to remind the markets how dependent they were on it. That was a mistake, as there happened to be a glut of cotton on the market, and meanwhile they had missed the opportunity to exchange cotton for war supplies in the early period when the Northern blockade had not yet become effective.
What were some opportunity costs in the south during the civil war?
At the beginning, they could have imported weapons in exchange for their plentiful cotton. But they decided to hoard their cotton for a time, to make the world feel the shortage of it. Yet it was in a year when there was a surplus of cotton on the world markets, and other countries were not begging the Confederacy for cotton, as they had hoped. By the time they decided to release their cotton for export, the Northern blockade was in place, and the South could only import goods via the blockade-runners.
What is one advantage that help the north win the civil war?
A Navy big enough to blockade the Southern ports, making it impossible for the Confederacy to export its cotton in exchange for war supplies.
What is one advantage that helped the north win the civil war?
A Navy big enough to blockade the Southern ports, making it impossible for the Confederacy to export its cotton in exchange for war supplies.
What is Egypt's major export?
cotton i a major export.
What is one reason that the union strategy for defeating the south include a naval blockade of southern ports?
So that the Confederacy could not export its plentiful cotton in exchange for much-needed war-supplies.
The north tried to eliminate the souths one major advantage?
Their advantage was the ability to export cotton in exchange for war supplies from abroad. The North tried to blockade the Southern ports - and increasingly succedeed.
