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In order to prevent the South from importing provisions or supplies from other countries, or from other states.
Because the Union hoped that by creating a blockade on the ports, the South would be unable to trade, and their economy would be ruined.
To prevent the South from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for much-needed war-supplies.
Yes, it was one of the first strategies adopted by Lincoln.
At the start of the war, the Union planned to blockade the southern ports, control the Mississippi River, and capture Richmond, Virginia.