The end of the war signaled the end of the blockade of southern ports. In November 1865, the ship "Glad Tidings" entered the port of Liverpool in England with a shipment of Carolina cotton. Cotton, however, had not proved to be the "King" that would win for the South its independence from the Union.
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Standards
- 4.4.CC Identify and evaluate the economic, political, and social changes experienced throughout the Civil War.
- This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the continuities and changes of the experiences of marginalized groups such as African Americans, Native Americans and women, as the U.S. expanded westward and grappled with the development of new states.
