RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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To promote domestic industries in the south
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To strangle the shipment of supplies to the confederacy
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To motivate enslaved African-Americans to migrate to the North
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To encourage union sympathizers to persuade their states to rejoin the union
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Detailed explanation-1: -In less than a week, the Union began its blockade of the southern states in an effort to prevent the trade of goods, supplies, and weapons between the Confederacy and other nations. Prize law is that part of international law which concerns the capture of enemy property by a belligerent at sea during war.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the purpose of the Union Blockade? The purpose of the blockade was to crush the life out of the confederacy by preventing essential supplies reaching the armies and civilians. Aimed to demoralize the south by starving them out and forcing them to surrender to the Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explain why the Union blockade was so damaging to the Confederate government. The southern economy depended on cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, and sugar. With the blockade, southerners could not sell these crops for money. They couldn’t eat these crops either, so they were essentially useless.
Detailed explanation-4: -The purpose of the blockade was to prevent the import of essential supplies, as well as the export of cash crops, into and out of the Confederacy. The plan was designed to weaken the South and force the Confederacy to surrender and rejoin the Union.