Yes. It's called blockading.
enforcing a navel blockade
no, that was the north's strategy
The anaconda plan which blockaded all the southern ports.
The Naval blockade of Southern ports.
The Southern aims were to keep their homeland from the Union. The Northern aims were to bring the Southern states back to the Union. The North's strategy was to blockade Southern ports to prevent supplies from reaching the South. The South had a defensive strategy, and it was to hold as much territory as possible until the North got tired of fighting.
the north wanted to bring the south back to the union by cut off their shipments to Europe using the anaconda plan
Yes, it was one of the first strategies adopted by Lincoln.
The Mississippi .
Yes, because the north could not access most of what the south accessed .
mississippi river
The north wanted to block there ports, take control of the mississippi river and take the capitol, richmond VA. The south just wanted to defend the north and hope that they would lose interest.
The blockade that the North imposed on Southern ports during the Civil War was a crucial strategy to weaken the Confederacy's economy. By cutting off access to international trade, the South struggled to export cotton and import necessary supplies, leading to shortages and inflation. This naval blockade effectively restricted the Confederacy's ability to sustain its war efforts, contributing to its eventual defeat. Overall, the blockade played a significant role in crippling the Southern economy and diminishing morale.