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NguyenJ

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How is the First Confiscation Act of 1861 symbolic of the direction of congressional policies at the start of the Civil War?
 
  A) The act stipulated that all slaves were now free in the South and could enter the Union army.
  B) The act held that only slaves in the Border States were now free and could enter the Union army.
  C) The act specified that only slaves who benefitted the Confederate war effort would be freed when captured.
  D) The act provided that slaves of Confederate military officials were now free.

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How is Lincoln's attitude towards the Border States related to his approach to the Civil War?
 
  A) He wanted to immediately invade the Border States and subdue them military before they joined the Confederacy.
  B) He wanted to immediately free all of the slaves in the Border States to intimidate all southern whites into abiding by federal law.
  C) He ignored the Border States during the entire war because the real fight was in the Deep South.
  D) He wanted to ban slavery in the Border States with slave owner approval and persuade the states to remain in the Union



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

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Answer: D





 

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