Why did the Union go to extensive efforts to blockade Florida’s ports and harbors?
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Responses
The Union wanted to prevent further slave trade.
The Union wanted to prevent further slave trade.
The Confederacy’s naval forces were a threat to the north.
The Confederacy’s naval forces were a threat to the north.
The Union needed the cities near ports and harbors for training camps.
The Union needed the cities near ports and harbors for training camps.
The Confederacy used Florida’s ports and harbors as an important starting point for distribution of supplies
and resources to their troops.
The Union wanted to cut off the Confederacy's access to supplies and resources, therefore weakening their ability to fight in the war. Additionally, Florida's ports could potentially be used to import weapons and other goods from foreign countries sympathetic to the Confederacy's cause, so the Union blockade aimed to prevent this as well.