The correct answers are A) The War Department had more experience than any other agency and C) Military power was needed to protect former slaves.
For two months, the Senate debated what Executive department should run the Freedmen’s Bureau. The reasons that were given in support of granting oversight to the Department of War were "The War Department had more experience than any other agency and Military power was needed to protect former slaves.
For sixty days, the bill was debated in the Senate. They were discussing the department that should operate the Freedmen’s Bureau. Some of the Senators supported the idea that the <u>Department of Treasury was the one because Congress had given the Treasury department the control of confiscated land</u>. But the majority of Senators considered that the <em>Department of War had more experience than any other agency in the government and had the soldiers and weapons to protect the African Americans who had been slaves. </em>
The correct answer would be A. the Legislative Power of the 3 branches of the government.
Because the presidential power is held under the Executive Branch, the answers would not be b, c, or d since all of those powers are under the executive branch. The president is granted the power of the military under the first article of the US Constitution which states all the powers of the Executive.
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Their plan was called the Anaconda plan.
They wanted to blockade the Southern coast to prevent them from receiving resources from other countries. They also wanted to capture the Mississippi River to effectively cut the Confederacy in half (Battle of Vicksburg). The final step in their plan was to capture the Confederate capital city (Richmond).
