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To prevent the Confederacy from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for war supplies.

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When did Union blockade happen?

Union blockade happened in 1861.


What was the goal of the Union blockade of Confederate ports and how did the Confederacy try to get around it?

During the American Civil War, the goal of the Union naval blockade of Southern ports was intended to starve the South of key material resources and war-making supplies. The Confederacy sought to get around the blockade by sending "blockade-runners" through the Union pickets at night or in rough weather or at other propitious times. They also attempted (unsuccessfully, on the whole) to reorganize their industry as more self-sufficient.


Where is the union blockade of southern shipping located?

the union blockade of southern shipping is located on the east coast of America


What were the ships that slipped through the union blockade called?

They were called Blockade Runners.


What year was the union blockade?

1861


What did the most alarming confederate threat to the union blockade come from?

The most alarming confederate threat to the Union blockade was the ironclad Merrimack.


What were ships called that were built by the confederacy to break the union blockade?

They are called Blockade Runners


Who was the confederate general at the union blockade?

Semmes.


What were fast ships that dodged Union warships?

They were actually called blockade runners.


How did the US and Soviet Union respond to Stalin's blockade of West Berlin?

How the Soviet's react to the blockade


What did the north plan to stop ships coming to aid the South?

A Sea Blockade/ Union Blockade


What is the union blockade of Georgia's coast?

It is a blockade in the union on the outside of Georgia basically stating that Georgia could no longer import or export goods and materials.