{| |- | It was an effective method of crippling the Southern War efforts. The South had few manufacturing resources. In order to successfully wage war, they needed weapons and military supplies and lots of money. By preventing them from selling their agricultural goods (cotton) and buying other things, the Union was able to prevent the Southern states from building strength. |}
The Northern blockade of the southern ports was intended to prevent the Confederacy from trading cotton and other goods for weapons from Europe. It was a part of the Anaconda Plan which was designed to strangle the south by economic hardship.
Because the north new that the south was trading cotton for war supplies. And that Houston was the busiset sea/trading port in Texas.
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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Because the South had no manufacturing industry, so it needed foreign imports. But it also had no Navy to combat the Union blockade.
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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Mostly the Union Naval blockade that was enforced on Southern ports. The South used ships called "blockade runners" to try to get past the blockade. These were mostly smaller, very streamlined, low-profile vessels which could move faster through the water than the larger standard navy ships of the Union Navy. This allowed them to outrun the Union ships. The blockade also prevented importing of goods from other countries
Ship Island in the Gulf of Mexico was chosen as the supply base for the Union navy's blockade ships. The island was several miles south of the state of Mississippi.
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A blockade NEW RESPONDENT The blockade and the hunting of the Confederate cruisers attacking the Union merchant ships.
The Union navy was mostly used to blockade principal southern ports