Deck 4: The Perils of Occupation

Question 1

The taking of New Orleans in April 1862 was ________.

A) a weeklong bloody affair
B) a matter of hours
C) quick
D) fast but bloody

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Butler's policies in New Orleans brought ________ back into the US political system by the end of 1862.

A) the state
B) the state governor
C) much of the Confederacy
D) a few districts of the state

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The image "Occupied New Orleans" focuses on the ________ aspect of Butler's occupation of the city.

A) coercive
B) punitive
C) charitable
D) pro-African American

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In occupied Louisiana loyal plantation owners ________.

A) were allowed to maintain the status quo
B) were allowed to keep their lands but had to pay former slaves as free laborers
C) had their property confiscated and their slaves employed as free laborers
D) had their slaves and their property confiscated and redistributed to Northerners

Question 5

Butler's General Order No. 28 had the effect of ________ in the Confederacy.

A) enflaming anti-Union sentiment
B) easing sectional tensions
C) winning women to the pro-Union side
D) empowering women working in hospitals

Question 6

The image "Butler's 'Woman Order'" portrays Union soldiers as ________ towards Confederate women.

A) insulting
B) violent
C) antagonistic
D) respectful

Question 7

Female-operated hospitals in Richmond were closed because ________.

A) fighting was getting too close to the capital
B) the work was considered inappropriate for women
C) federalized hospitals were preferred
D) their mortality rates were high

Question 8

Butler's General Order No. 11 was an example of ________ tactics.

A) "carrot and stick"
B) moderate Union
C) hard war
D) intentionally inflammatory

Question 9

At Second Bull Run Union casualties ________ Confederate casualties.

A) roughly equaled
B) were nearly double
C) dwarfed
D) were half of

Question 10

Looking at Map 4.1, Union troops were not prepared for ________.

A) Longstreet's assault
B) Jackson's troops
C) the use of Bull Run River as a supply route
D) Lee's troops

Question 11

During the Civil War Indian tribes chose ________.

A) to fight with either side depending on their history
B) not to become involved
C) to fight on the Union side
D) to fight with the Confederacy

Question 12

Action in Maryland in late 1862 illustrates Lee's ________.

A) cautious side
B) use of propaganda
C) poor judgment
D) recklessness

Question 13

In the fall of 1862 Confederate optimism about the war was ________.

A) very low
B) at a record low
C) high
D) falling

Question 14

The image "My Maryland" mocks Confederates' ________.

A) poverty
B) fighting abilities
C) subjection to Slave Power
D) self-image

Question 15

Lee's Special Order No. 191, that later fell into Union hands, was his plan for taking ________.

A) Maryland
B) New Orleans
C) Washington, D.C.
D) Richmond

Question 16

In Figure 4.5 (in the text), which of these is indicated by the drawing?

A) Maryland was firmly pro-Union.
B) Butler's general orders had inflamed anti-Union feeling across the Confederacy.
C) Only war would gain the loyalty of Marylanders.
D) Maryland would likely give Lee a warm welcome.

Question 17

Cautious Union tactics prior to Antietam meant that the Confederate army ________.

A) was fatally divided
B) doubled its numbers
C) had time to rest after its long march
D) would be distracted by a two-pronged assault

Question 18

The Maryland campaign culminated with the Battle of ________.

A) Antietam
B) Second Bull Run
C) Harpers Ferry
D) Shiloh

Question 19

Looking at Map 4.3, which of these bolstered the Confederate forces late in the day?

A) the inability of Union troops to reach "Bloody Lane"
B) reinforcements from Harpers Ferry
C) the support of artillery from Lee's headquarters
D) massing in the center of the battlefield

Question 20

At Antietam Union casualties were roughly ________ Confederate casualties.

A) twice
B) half of
C) three times
D) equal to

Question 21

Which of these men exhibited the photos taken at Antietam?

A) Alexander Gardner
B) David L. Thompson
C) Mathew Brady
D) Alpheus Williams

Question 22

In Figure 4.6(in the text) , the "contrast" concerns ________ Union and Confederate soldiers.

A) the heroism of
B) differing treatment of fallen
C) the brutality of
D) the charitable feelings of

Question 23

Antietam was notable for its ________.

A) bold Union tactics
B) role in bringing Maryland into the Confederacy
C) high casualties
D) clever Confederate deployment of troops

Question 24

After Antietam, Lee was generally criticized for ________.

A) a disorderly retreat
B) fighting when he was at numerical disadvantage
C) his choice of battlefield
D) failing to pursue the defeated Union troops

Question 25

Antietam meant the end of the Confederate belief that ________.

A) Northerners would capitulate
B) the war would be won quickly
C) they could maintain the slave economy
D) Maryland was naturally part of the Confederacy