Union blockade of the Confederacy

Target entity: Union blockade of the Confederacy
Context triple: [South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, engagedIn, Union blockade of the Confederacy]

• A. Sherman’s March to the Sea
  Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
• B. Bombardment of Fort Sumter
  The Bombardment of Fort Sumter was the April 1861 Confederate artillery attack on a U.S. fort in Charleston Harbor that triggered the start of the American Civil War.
• C. Chesapeake campaign
  The Chesapeake campaign was a series of British military operations along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast during the War of 1812, culminating in major actions such as the burning of Washington and the defense of Baltimore.
• D. American Civil War
  The American Civil War was a major 19th-century conflict fought from 1861 to 1865 between the Northern Union states and the Southern Confederate states, primarily over slavery and states’ rights, that reshaped the political and social landscape of the United States.
• E. Capture of New Orleans
  The Capture of New Orleans was a pivotal 1862 Union naval and land operation during the American Civil War that seized the Confederacy’s largest city and key Gulf Coast port, dealing a major strategic and economic blow to the South.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Union blockade of the Confederacy
Target entity description: The Union blockade of the Confederacy was a comprehensive naval strategy by the United States during the American Civil War aimed at crippling the Southern economy by preventing the export of cotton and the import of war supplies.

• A. Sherman’s March to the Sea
  Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.
• B. Bombardment of Fort Sumter
  The Bombardment of Fort Sumter was the April 1861 Confederate artillery attack on a U.S. fort in Charleston Harbor that triggered the start of the American Civil War.
• C. Chesapeake campaign
  The Chesapeake campaign was a series of British military operations along the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast during the War of 1812, culminating in major actions such as the burning of Washington and the defense of Baltimore.
• D. American Civil War
  The American Civil War was a major 19th-century conflict fought from 1861 to 1865 between the Northern Union states and the Southern Confederate states, primarily over slavery and states’ rights, that reshaped the political and social landscape of the United States.
• E. Capture of New Orleans
  The Capture of New Orleans was a pivotal 1862 Union naval and land operation during the American Civil War that seized the Confederacy’s largest city and key Gulf Coast port, dealing a major strategic and economic blow to the South.
• F. None of above. chosen