It means to characterize into groups<span />
<span>The information we can obtain from the Constitution of the United States by the Confederates is about the slavery of the South and the Cause of the Union. This is based on references about the importance of domestic tranquility and the importance of securing freedom, but only for people protected by the government of the confederate states.</span>
I believe the answer should be it. the word team is a collective noun which refers to a group but is considered a singular noun. So I would use it and not them as the pronoun.
