The Nazis frequently used euphemistic language to disguise the true nature of their crimes. They used the term “Final Solution” to refer to their plan to annihilate the Jewish people. It is not known when the leaders of Nazi Germany definitively decided to implement the "Final Solution." The genocide, or mass destruction, of the Jews was the culmination of a decade of increasingly severe discriminatory measures.
Blockades blocked the south from getting any supplies or weapons. They were surrounded and could not keep a fair fight. Lee knew this, thus leading to the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.