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What was the first major battle in the Civil War?
Battle of Anaconda
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Bull Run
Which of the following was an advantage of the Confederacy?
Southern factories were larger than Northern factories.
The South had a larger population.
Southerners were more skilled at hunting, shooting, and riding.
The South had more railroads
____________________ targets the armed forces, civilians, and economic system of one's opponent.
draft
Anaconda Plan
total war
blockade
What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?
To enslave
To abolish
To free
To vote
At the beginning of the Civil War, why were some northerners unhappy with Lincoln?
He wasn't doing enough to end slavery
He was reluctant to make decisions in war
He thought slavery should be abolished in the west
He let the south secede
What was Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War?
To abolish slavery in the US
To stop slavery from spreading west
To preserve the unity of the country
To get Europe to support the north in the war
What did the Emancipation Proclamation say?
That slavery in the north was over
That slavery in the south was over
That slavery wouldn't spread west
That slavery would be voted on in the next election
Lincoln specifically referred to which part of the country in the Emancipation Proclamation
The South
The North
The East
The West
What part of the country was EXCLUDED from the Emancipation Proclamation?
The East Coast
The West Coast
The Border States
The Great Lakes State
Why did Lincoln exclude the Border States from the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slavery was already illegal in the Border States
Lincoln didn't have any power the in the Border States
The Border States worked out a compromise to keep slavery
He didn't want to give them a reason to side with the South
How would the Emancipation Proclamation be enforced?
The Confederacy had to win the war
The Union had to win the war
Each state had to approve the Emancipation Proclamation
The majority of the states had to approve the Emancipation Proclamation
What was one effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Confederates
More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Union
Many southern soldiers joined the North
Some of the northern states lost faith in Lincoln
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