Blogging has become a way for individuals to present news and opinions via the internet.

Answer : True.

Explanation : Blogging has become a way for individuals to present the news and opinions to other people via the Internet. According to the definition of blog in wikipedia which states that  "A blog is a discussion or informational website which is published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries."

This has become a bloom of new trend where any individual can express ther views and thoughts about a particular topic.

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.

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