EGMS Unit 3 Topic 2&3 Multiple Choice Review

Who was the Union Admiral who took New Orleans in 1862?

• David Farragut.

• P.G. T. Beauregard

• Benjamin “Beast” Butler.

• George Armstrong Custer.

• Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

What plan created by Gen. Winfield Scott, called for blockading Southern ports and taking the Mississippi River in order to split the Confederacy?

• The Anaconda Plan

• The Encirclement Plan

• The Blockade Plan

• The Cotton Plan

• The No-Trade Plan

Why did General Butler issue General Order #28?

• The women of New Orleans would disrespect Union soldiers by laughing at funerals of Union soldiers, dumping chamber pots on Union soldiers and spitting on Union soldiers.

• The men of New Orleans who supported the Confederacy were rising up against the Union soldiers occupying the city.

• To put a curfew in place to keep the streets safe at night for Union soldiers on patrol.

• To prevent Confederate smugglers from using the port of New Orleans.

• The slaves of New Orleans were rising up and this Order freed them.

What skills did African American soldiers learn in Union Army? Choose 3.

• These soldiers learned to read and write.

• These soldiers gained an understanding of the political process by serving.

• These soldiers only gained skills related to military service and not useful to them after the war.

• These soldiers learned little to nothing in the Union Army and the unit was soon disbanded.

• These soldiers learned leadership skills that would later allow them to be part of the leadership class of African-Americans after the Civil War.

Why was New Orleans valuable to the Confederacy and the Union? Choose 2.

• New Orleans was a valuable port that would help the Confederate war effort.

• New Orleans was the South’s largest manufacturing center and very valuable to the Confederate war effort.

• New Orleans was of little value that is why it was lightly defended.

• New Orleans was valuable for the value of its beachfront property.

Why was Mississippi River important to the Union? (CHOOSE TWO)

• If the Union captured the Mississippi River, it would cut the Confederacy in half.

• If the Union captured the Mississippi River it would cut off trade goods coming in from Texas, Missouri and Louisiana that were important to the Confederate war effort.

• If the Union captured the Mississippi River it would end the war.

• If the Union captured the Mississippi River, all Confederate states west of the river would reenter the Union immediately.

Why did former Confederates approve of Presidential Reconstruction? (CHOOSE THREE)

• Under Presidential Reconstruction, former Confederates received amnesty. Allowing them to reenter society with little or no penalty for their rebellion.

• Under Presidential Reconstruction, former Confederates regained their property they had lost during the war.

• Under Presidential Reconstruction, Black Codes were passed that restricted the movement and rights of newly freed slaves.

• Under Presidential Reconstruction, the Union army withdrew from all former Confederate states.

• Under Presidential Reconstruction, the Union army put back in power former Confederate leaders.

What were some things the Freedman's Bureau provided to newly freed slaves after the Civil War? (Choose two)

• Medical care

• Food

• Jobs

• Cash

Why would Radical Republicans want to punish the South?

• Because Radical Republicans blamed Southerners for starting the Civil War.

• Because Radical Republicans wanted to make Northern states wealthier to ensure another Civil War never happened.

• Because Radical Republicans wanted to make Southerners repay them for the cost of the war.

• Because Radical Republicans believed slavery was morally wrong and the South needed to be punished for practicing such a barbaric system.

This Amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment