Why did the Confederacy establish a cotton embargo in 1861?
A) The Confederacy did not want any of its cotton exported to textile mills in the North.
B) The Confederacy was trying to coerce Britain and France so they would intervene in the war
on its behalf.
C) The Union blockade prevented them from exporting cotton to European nations.
D) The Confederacy needed its cotton more at home in order to make more uniforms and
clothing.
B
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