Question 1 (1 point)
Which statement best describes the varying strategies of the North and South during the capture of Port Royal?
Question 1 options:
The Union used blockade-runners to steal supplies from Port Royal after the Confederate forces recaptured the port.
The South utilized blockade-runners to move trade goods in and out of the harbor, which the Union was unable to stop.
After the capture of Port Royal, the South created trade routes on land, which defeated the purpose of the Northern blockade.
The Union forced the slaves in Port Royal to fight against their Confederate masters, but the South was able to convince them otherwise.
Question 2 (1 point)
Which statement best describes the differences in Northern and Southern strategies during the capture of Port Royal?
Question 2 options:
The Confederate army used the large slave population of Port Royal to prevent the North's attempt to form a blockade.
The Northern strategy was to create a coastal blockade, which the Confederate forces responded to with defensive tactics.
The Confederate forces received word of a land attack by Union forces and were able to protect Port Royal head-on.
The North attempted to create a blockade but was unsuccessful due to the Confederate army's superior knowledge of the area.
Question 3 (1 point)
Which statement best describes the military strategies used by Robert Smalls?
Question 3 options:
In return for the kind treatment by his master, Smalls recruited other slaves to participate in the Confederate cause and was a leader in partisan warfare.
Smalls used his navigation skills to serve as a blockade-runner for the Confederacy, helping to keep trade lines open and supplies moving into the South.
Using the knowledge he gained from working on ships, Smalls gifted the Union with a Confederate boat and information about Southern defenses.
Smalls served as a spy for the North, using his connections and familiarity with the land to warn Union forces of Confederate plans and locations.
Question 4 (1 point)
In what way did Confederate leaders hope to use the new submarine, the Hunley?
Question 4 options:
as a blockade runner, hauling loads of cotton out to England
to ferry troops to and from installations along the coast
to capture Union naval ships for service in the Confederate navy
to help them break the Union blockade by sinking Union ships
Question 5 (1 point)
Which statement best describes the varying strategies of the North and South during Sherman's "March to the Sea"?
Question 5 options:
The North planned to split Southern troops to outnumber them in Columbia, and the Confederate general fell for the tactic.
Union forces sought to destroy Southern motivation to continue the war, but the Confederate army had already planned to surrender.
While Union forces destroyed Columbia and the surrounding area, the Confederate army made its way north to force surrender there.
Sherman engaged in diplomacy, sparing Charleston, and as a result the Confederate forces agreed to surrender.
Question 1: The South utilized blockade-runners to move trade goods in and out of the harbor, which the Union was unable to stop.
Question 2: The North attempted to create a blockade but was unsuccessful due to the Confederate army's superior knowledge of the area.
Question 3: Using the knowledge he gained from working on ships, Smalls gifted the Union with a Confederate boat and information about Southern defenses.
Question 4: to help them break the Union blockade by sinking Union ships
Question 5: While Union forces destroyed Columbia and the surrounding area, the Confederate army made its way north to force surrender there.