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A military strategy of the North during the Civil War was a naval blockade of all Southern ports. true or false?

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true a military stragety of the north was a blockade


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True, during the Civil War the Union forces attempted to create a naval blockade of all Southern ports. The goal of the blockade was to prevent the export of cotton and other goods that could support the southern economy and also to prevent the import of war making materials. 
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