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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.
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Strategies of the north and south in fighting the war?
North to blockade ports south to engage enemy on its on land i.e. Washington . The North was successful. The South was only able to make it to Gettysburg, PA
WHERE January 1865 DID the last Confederate port open to blockade-runners fell?
Most records cite the fall of Wilmington, North Carolina on February 22, 1865. This was the last blockade running port of the South.
What was the naval blockade of the south designed to prevent?
To prevent the South exporting its cotton in exchange for war supplies. It was the North's effort to stop any foreign aid to the South.
What was the military strategy for the north?
The North used a strategy called the "Anaconda Plan". The plan was to set up a naval blockade along the eastern coast. The goal was to to block imports to the South and to strangle the South's economy. Hence, the name anaconda.
Confederate ships that broke through the North's line of defense were called?
D. Blockade Runners!
