During most of WW1, the US remained a neutral nation. It tried to trade with both Great Britain and Germany, but Britain didn't allow the US to trade with Germany, so it set up a blockade.
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.
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The South used small, fast ships called blockade runners to outrun the longer Union warships and reach trading ports.
It was a successful tactic by the Union Navy to blockade the Southern ports, so that the Confederacy could not export its plentiful cotton in exchange for war-supplies.
To blockade their ports thereby starving them into submission.
naval blockades from southern ports
Blockades on Southern ports were set up in the Anaconda Plan. This plan was to use naval vessels to block all ports within the Confederates States. If they could not get their cotton out to market then they could not bring in any supplies.
Union's naval supremacy and blockade of Southern ports.
The blockade of British ports was part of the Continental System put in place by Napoleon in retaliation for the British naval blockade of the coastlines in France. The result of the blockade of British ports was not severe or long-lasting. It hurt Britain to a small degree, but not as much as Napoleon hoped.
The Union naval blockade of Confederate ports
Union naval blockade
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.
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The Naval blockade of Southern ports.
The South used small, fast ships called blockade runners to outrun the longer Union warships and reach trading ports.
It was a successful tactic by the Union Navy to blockade the Southern ports, so that the Confederacy could not export its plentiful cotton in exchange for war-supplies.
To blockade their ports thereby starving them into submission.