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The freeing of slaves
Emancipation
Emaciation
Elaboration
Entitlement
Escaped slaves
Contraband
Copperheads
Refugees
Smugglers
Led the heroic charge of South Carolina's Fort Wagner
56th MA Infantry
Pickett
54th MA Infantry
24th Maine Infantry
Mid-westerners who supported the South
Hicks
Contraband
Copperheads
Allies
Forced military service
Detention
Coercion
Draft
Regiment
After Vicksburg, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
True
False
How many African Americans served with the Union Army?
180,000
250,000
300,000
380,000
Who founded the American Red Cross?
Sarah Louisa Templeton
Sarah Barton
Glenda Winona
Clara Barton
What date did the Emancipation Proclamation officially go into effect?
April 1, 1862
January 1, 1862
July 1, 1862
January 1, 1863
This person said, "The great day which is to determine the destiny...of the American continent" when referring to the Emancipation Proclamation.
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
Jefferson Davis
The Emancipation Proclamation was ordered by Lincoln and would free slaves in all the slave states.
True
False
The selection of persons for military service
habeas corpus
draft
bounty
deficit
Money given as a reward, such as to encourage enlistment in the army
bounty
draft
bond
greenback
A piece of U.S. paper money first issued by the North in the Civil War
habeas corpus
bounty
greenback
propaganda
A continuous rise in the prices of goods and services
incumbent
draft
investment
inflation
Lincoln suspended the right of _______ meaning people could be jailed without a hearing.
inflation
habeas corpus
Miranda rights
draft dodging
________ became famous for her work with wounded soldiers during the Civil War. She later went on to found the Red Cross.
Clara Barton
Harriet Tubman
Belle Boyd
Dorthea Tompkins
During the Civil War women worked as ________.
nurses
spies
factory workers
government workers
Which side was better able to deal with the economic demands of war?
The North
The South
To avoid the __________, men in the North could hire a substitute or pay the government $300.
bounty
draft
habeas corpus
inflation
Which side had to pass a draft law requiring men to serve in the army first?
The North
The South
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