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Which of the following groups often engaged in work slowdowns during the Civil War?

Southern slaveholders

enslaved African Americans

African American soldiers

Northern slaveholders

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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.

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.

In 1863, African American involvement in the Civil War changed due to a new law that

required freed African Americans to join the military.

permitted African Americans to enlist in the military.

required enslaved African Americans to join the military.

forbid African American from enlisting in the military.

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.

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.

The outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run

discouraged the Confederacy and gave the Union confidence.

showed that the Civil War would probably be a short conflict.

proved that the Union’s military forces had superior firepower.

discouraged the Union and gave the Confederacy confidence.

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.

Before he could issue the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln waited for

the selection of a Confederate president.

the results of a national vote on slavery.

a successful Confederate military action.

a successful Union military action.

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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