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{| |- | 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. |}

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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.

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The union used a naval blockade to the south thinking this would split the confederacy.

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The South started the war by attacking Fort Sumter.

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The north blockaded the south to keep the south from getting necessary supplies to keep their'succession' going.

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Because the north new that the south was trading cotton for war supplies. And that Houston was the busiset sea/trading port in Texas.

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

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Q: Why did the Union Navy blockade the South at the start of the war?
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