USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A blockade differs from an embargo or sanction, which are legal barriers to trade rather than physical barriers. It is also distinct from a siege in that a blockade is usually directed at an entire country or region, rather than a fortress or city and the objective may not always be to conquer the area.

Detailed explanation-2: -A blockade is a military operation that blocks all maritime movement to or from a port or coast. Blockades may also be aerial. A military operation carried out on land that isolates or encircles an area is called a siege.

Detailed explanation-3: -A blockade runner is a merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait. It is usually light and fast, using stealth and speed rather than confronting the blockaders in order to break the blockade. Blockade runners usually transport cargo, for example bringing food or arms to a blockaded city.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Union Blockade, nicknamed Scott’s Great Snake, made the open harbors of California desirable to the Confederacy. Wikimedia Commons. At the time, the Union blockade of the South was the largest ever attempted in world history.