Which of these changes caused an increase in pollution during the industrial revolution? a. decrease mortality rates b. decrease in fertility rates c. increase in social inequality d. increase in urbanization

The change that caused an increase in pollution during the Industrial Revolution is option d. increase in urbanization. Most of the factory towns were built in areas were coal or iron were mined. When railroads and canals were built and the transportation of goods an people were available cities began to grow around transportation and trade centers, and people moved from farms to the city to find work.

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.