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title: "Why was blockading southern ports and gaining control of the Mississippi important for the North?"  
description: "Why was blockading southern ports and gaining control of the Mississippi important for the North?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43262/why-was-blockading-southern-ports-and-gaining-control-of-the-mississippi-important-for-the-north  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was blockading southern ports and gaining control of the Mississippi important for the North?

Why was blockading southern ports and gaining [control of the Mississippi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42789/how-did-the-union-army-gain-control-of-the-mississippi-river) important for the North?\
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