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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.
weaken the nothern blockade
Because the Union hoped that by creating a blockade on the ports, the South would be unable to trade, and their economy would be ruined.
The South surrendered.
A Sea Blockade/ Union Blockade
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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.
Because the South had no manufacturing industry, so it needed foreign imports. But it also had no Navy to combat the Union blockade.
By organising a system of blockade-runners. (See 'Gone with the Wind'.)
Abraham Lincoln created a naval blockade to prevent the south from being able to take part in trading activities. This was an attempt by the president to bring about a peaceful end to the Civil War. The south challenged the blockade by building torpedo boats to attack the naval ships involved in the blockade.
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southern blockade-runners- fast ships that outran the federal ships- often slipped through the blockade.
194 Ships in the blockade fleet.
The blockade stopped the south from importing and exporting goods to other areas.