In four presidential elections, most recently in 2000, the candidate who lost the popular vote nonetheless became President… Why is that possible?

Because the electoral college makes elections a winner takes all system. For example, by only getting 51% of the population to vote for you from smallest states to largest until you win 269 electoral votes, you can win an election by only having 21% of the pop. vote for you. Many politicians have been looking for alternatives for electoral college due to its controversy.

Explanation:

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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