Well first of all it is "Aksum"
And Arabia had brought Aksum most of the outside influence.
It’s either Michigan or Minnesota
i know the second blank is more experienced military leaders, the first blank im not too sure on, but it is create a blockade at southern ports.
The Union blockade of the Southern ports was part of General Scott's Anaconda Plan.
The Anaconda plan involved choking off the Southern supply of goods via a port blockage in tandem with the Union Army coming up, around, and down the Mississippi River and working through the south systemically.