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Question 1

Prior to becoming president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis had
 
  A. been vice president of the United States.
 
  B. been regarded as a moderate on secession.
 
  C. called for the imprisonment of abolitionists.
 
  D. begged South Carolina not to leave the Union.
 
  E. called for a gradual phase-out of slavery.

Question 2

The Confiscation Act of 1861
 
  A. gave Union troops the authority to seize Confederate property.
 
  B. abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and the western territories.
 
  C. saw the Confederate government claim the right to seize free blacks in the South.
 
  D. declared that slaves used by Confederate states in the war effort were free.
 
  E. empowered banks in the Union to freeze the financial assets of all slaveholders.

Question 3

In the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln declared freedom for slaves
 
  A. in the slave states that had remained loyal to the Union.
 
  B. that joined the Union military.
 
  C. throughout all states that existed as part of the United States prior to the Civil War.
 
  D. in the parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion.
 
  E. in the parts of the Confederacy already under Union control.

Question 4

African American soldiers in the Union
 
  A. were allowed only to dig trenches and transport water.
 
  B. experienced a higher mortality rate than white soldiers.
 
  C. died in combat in larger numbers than white soldiers.
 
  D. constituted a large segment of the initial volunteers who joined the war effort.
 
  E. were not paid for their military service.



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erika

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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