Ahistorian has discovered a letter written by an early roman emperor. she translates the letter and discovers that it contains orders to a general before a battle. she works to determine when the letter was written to figure out which battle the letter references. the historian in the passage is most clearly demonstrating which historical thinking skill? a. identifying causes and historical contextb. thinking chronologicallyc. making and evaluating arguments and interpretationsd. analyzing historical sources

D. Analyzing historical sources

Explanation:

In order to understand well what historical sources are, it is necessary to know that the word "source" here is understood in the sense of "document", that is, something that records the testimony of some event that occurred in the past . In this sense, historical sources or documents are all that human beings have produced in the past, such as the letter the historian found.

As the historian is translating the letter and finding historical details and evidence, we can conclude that the historian shows ability to analyze historical sources.

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.

it was bribing i think i might be wrong though