Britain Did Not Protest Too Loudly Against the Union Naval

question 74

Multiple Choice

Britain did not protest too loudly against the Union naval blockade of the Confederacy because

• A) Britain might want to use a similar blockade in a future war.
• B) the British government clearly supported the Union.
• C) it would have been useless to try to run the blockade.
• D) profits were not high enough to justify the risk.
• E) the blockade did not cut off cotton shipments.

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