When congress exercises its power to allocate a set amount of federal dollars for a specific program or agency, it is using its ability

authorize

Explanation:

The government makes use of an authorization bill which is a type of legislation used in the United States to authorize the different processes/activities of various agencies and programs that are part of the federal government of the United States. Authorizing these agencies or programs is as such one of the powers of the United States Congress.

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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