Which of the following items is a defining characteristic of a nation-state? O Members of its population all speak the same language.
o It has a flag
O Members of its population all share the same culture (habits and behaviors).
O It has a group of people (the population

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.

many women had to remain at home while husbands found work.

explanation:

the communist manifesto is an 1848 political pamphlet by the german near the end of the manifesto, the authors call for a "forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions",  ..