The Emancipation Proclamation 222

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The 1862 battle at Antietam put an end to the military career of Stonewall Jackson. the Confederate threat to the Union capital. the Civil War's early string of Union victories. the Union threat to the Confederate capital.
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the Confederate threat to the Union capital.
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The Emancipation Proclamation affected the Union's Civil War efforts by allowing the Union to turn its attention away from slavery. increasing the number of troops who could join the Union. forcing Southern slaveholders to free enslaved people. forcing Northern African Americans to join the Union army.
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increasing the number of troops who could join the Union.
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Which statement best describes the contributions of Harriet Tubman during the Civil War? Tubman was an abolitionist who served the Union in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. Tubman was an abolitionist who worked as a spy for the Union Army to help the war effort. Tubman was an abolitionist who established the Tuskegee Airmen flying squadron. Tubman was an abolitionist who encouraged the Union to permit African Americans to enlist.
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Tubman was an abolitionist who worked as a spy for the Union Army to help the war effort.
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France and Britain responded to the Emancipation Proclamation by refusing to recognize the Confederacy. declaring their support for slavery in the South. forming a trade alliance with the Confederacy. sending ambassadors to settle the Civil War.
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refusing to recognize the Confederacy.
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Which of the following best describes the earliest battles of the Civil War? Union troops were outnumbered, and they usually lost. Union troops were outnumbered, but they usually won. Confederate troops were outnumbered, and they usually lost. Confederate troops were outnumbered, but they usually won.
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Confederate troops were outnumbered, but they usually won.
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As the Civil War began, President Lincoln accepted the belief that individual states should settle the question of slavery. it was time to end slavery throughout the United States. the Union could be preserved as a mix of free and slave states. preserving the Union was not worth the loss of life it would cause.
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it was time to end slavery throughout the United States.
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Which example best shows the contribution of African American troops during the Civil War? the First Battle of Bull Run the Second Battle of Bull Run the Battle at Chancellorsville the Battle at Fort Wagner
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the Battle at Fort Wagner
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Which of the following was specifically permitted by the Emancipation Proclamation? Free African Americans were allowed to fight for the Confederacy. Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy. Enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the North. Enslaved people in border states were allowed to become Confederate citizens.
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Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy.
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Which statement best describes the contributions of Frederick Douglass during the Civil War? Douglass was an abolitionist who served the Union in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. Douglass was an abolitionist who formed the flying squadron known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Douglass was an abolitionist who encouraged the Union to allow African Americans to enlist. Douglass was an abolitionist who helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
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Douglass was an abolitionist who encouraged the Union to allow African Americans to enlist.
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The South won every major Civil War battle until the Battle of Antietam. the Battle of Chancellorsville. the Second Battle of Bull Run. the First Battle of Bull Run.
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the Battle of Antietam.