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Crucially important.
It prevented them from Importing and Exporting - in other words, exchanging their plentiful cotton for all the war supplies they couldn't manufacture for themselves, because they were agrarian not industrial.
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Why did the union think it was important to blockade the confederacy?
To starve them of the imported goods they needed, having no manufacturing industry, only agriculture.
The naval blockade of the Confederacy by the Union led to?
skyrocketing food prices in the south
What was the goal of the union blockade?
To prevent the Confederacy from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for war supplies.
How did the confederacy make the union recognize them as an independent nation?
It never did. The Union referred to the South as 'the rebel states'. However, by announcing a blockade of the Southern ports, the Union appeared to be giving the Confederacy the status of a separate nation.
How was fighting the civil war preserving the union?
Defeating the Confederacy, and restoring the integrity of the United States.
