)the excerpt below comes from a speech given by president woodrow wilson in 1917: the world must be made safe for democracy. its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. we have no selfish ends to serve. we desire no conquest, no dominion. we seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. we are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. we shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them. what was the purpose of this speech?

to reassure the public of his commitment to U.S. neutrality

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.

equal area projections

equal-area projection. a projection in which regions on the earth's surface that are of equal area are represented as equal.