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Why did the north enact a blockade on the confederacy during the civil war?

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Starting in 1861, the Union blockade was meant to stop Southern commerce and hurt the Confederacy during the Civil War. In response, Confederate blockade runners worked to bring much-needed supplies to the struggling Confederacy.

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