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What was the Union blockade of Confederate ports?

The Union Navy sent warships to stop any shipping to or from the Confederate seaports. -it was in June of 1863, and it was during the civil war. -the union blockaded all of the confederate's army and military supplies. -this blockade came to an advantage in the battle of Gettysburg.


What were the key factors that led to the historic naval battle between the USS Merrimack and the USS Monitor during the American Civil War?

The key factors that led to the historic naval battle between the USS Merrimack and the USS Monitor during the American Civil War were the development of ironclad warships, the strategic importance of controlling the waterways, and the need to break the Union blockade of Confederate ports.


What word refers to a confederate ship that sailed in and out of closed southern ports?

ironcled


What were the approximate lengths in miles of the confederates and of the union coastlines?

The Confederate coastline was approximately 3,500 miles long, while the Union coastline measured around 2,200 miles. The vast length of the Confederate coastline posed challenges for the Union Navy in blockading and controlling access to Southern ports during the Civil War. The Union's coastline, although shorter, included significant strategic locations that were critical to their naval operations.


What Confederate ports remained open by May 1862?

By May of 1862, the Union had not yet been able to close the ports of Charleston, Wilmington, Galveston, and Mobile.

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What was the role of the northern navy during the civil war?

A - The blockade of the southern ports. B - Hunting the Confederate cruisers which were attacking the Union merchant ships. C - Tactical and logistical supporting of landing operations along the Confederate coasts and major Confederate internal water roads. D - Search and destruction of the Confederate ironclads. E -Transportation of troop and supplies.


What was the major NON-military assistance that Texas provided to the Confederates during the Civil War?

Cotton-shipping through mexican ports


What could have been the result of the US Civil War if Confederate ports were not blockaded by the Union's navy?

If President Lincoln had not ordered a blockade of Southern ports during the US Civil War, the war would have been extended by several years. The blockade was a necessary operation in the Union's efforts to disrupt the Confederate's trading ability with England and France. It would be, however, be impossible for Lincoln to not use the strategy of blockading.


The North did this to Southern ports during the Civil War?

Blockade


What hapend to the southern ports during the civil war?

The Union Navy blockaded them


Which European country received the goods from the southern ports during the civil war.?

France


How did the Union blockade affect the Confederate economy?

It prevented any major vessels entering or leaving Southern ports. This ended Confederate hopes of exporting their plentiful cotton in exchange for war supplies.


What was the Union blockade of Confederate ports?

The Union Navy sent warships to stop any shipping to or from the Confederate seaports. -it was in June of 1863, and it was during the civil war. -the union blockaded all of the confederate's army and military supplies. -this blockade came to an advantage in the battle of Gettysburg.


What were some confederate ports?

3,0000,500 miles


What was the blockading of confederate ports in civil war?

It was the Union Navy preventing the South from importing the war supplies it needed, having almost no manufacturing industry of its own.


What was a main part in the south military strategy during the civil war?

Keep the ports open


What was used to close city ports during Civil War time?

Union naval blockade