Why was the occupation of new orleans a significant win for the union?

a) it enables uinion forces to march on the confederate captial.

b) it was the confederacy’s largest city in the center of the cotton trade.

c) it made general benjamin butler a war hero.

d) enabled union navy ships to take control of the mississippi river

The correct answer is letter D

Explanation: For the Union and Confederacy it was a difficult moment of the war, the future of them was not clear. They did not know if could win because of the Battle of Shiloh, and all the difficult moments in that battle.

When the Union fought Confederation and took control of New Orleans. It was  an important moment, because they could take control of Mississippi the  largest port of Confederacy.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.

- a government ruled by the people, or assembly. officials monarchy - a single ruler like a king. over time some city-states, like athens would change governments. what this means is that all the citizens voted on all the laws.