The Union used its number of ships to keep the south from exporting or importing its goods to foreign countries. It also used the ships to spread slave-revolt propaganda to convince European countries to not to trade with the South so they'll be economically weak to provide their soldiers with nessecary equipment such as weapons, food, and clothing. The union also used its wealth to buy southern loyalties to block south' sports to weaken confederates further more. Also, the North had railroads which the government bought from different companies to provide transportation to their men faster along with weapons. They also had many inventors who came up with gadgets and codes to help the army.
Rosa Parks's arrest and trial led to the Montgomery bus boycott. Rosa Parks was an African-American woman who refused to sit in the back of the bus where African-Americans were forced to sit and to give up her seat in the front of the bus. She later became an activist. Montgomery was a very segregated city in Louisiana and the Montgomery bus boycott was when African-Americans refused to ride the bus and this was very representative, because African-Americans were a big part of the economy and since they were not paying for the buses, the buses were losing about half of its customers and half of its revenue. The Montgomery bus boycott was very important in the Civil Rights Movement.
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