The answer is C for coochie
Conventionally, each state receives in the electoral collage THE NUMBER OF ELECTOR THAT IS EQUAL TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES IT HAS.
An exception is Washington DC, which always has the same number of electors as that of the state that has the least population of people in US.
I think it’s C School segregation.
They wanted to show that they had control over the territory where they set up blockades that isolated the West as act of strength on their part.