What are the two primary reasons why Europeans first settled in America?
a) Many wanted to form a democratic government.
b) They wanted to escape religious persecution.
c) There was a tremendous amount of political turmoil.
d) Free land was given to anyone making the long trip.

b) They wanted to escape religious persecution

d) Free land was given to anyone making a long trip

Explanation:

Europeans moved to America because they wanted to escape religious persecution and practice their religion the way they want. The other reason is they wanted land and wealth to trade fur and timber to Europe.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.

soviet influence spread across eastern europe sharply during and after wwii. the soviet armies liberated the countries in eastern europe and occupied them from the germans as they were forced to retreat towards germany.