Choose the correct answer to complete the paragraph about the acceptance of the heliocentric model. In the second century BCE, the Greek astronomer Ptolemy tried to explain the backward movement of the planets by using a solar system model that included (Solar Wind, Epicycles, or Elliptical Orbits) For centuries, this was the accepted model. During the Renaissance, Nicholas (Kepler, Galilei, or Copernicus) discovered the old heliocentric model of Aristarchus. In Aristarchus’s model, the rising and setting of the Sun was explained by the movement of the (Sun, Earth, or Moon)

First one is an epicycle

Second one is Copernicus

Third one is Earth

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.

b or c im pretty sure