Topic 9 Lesson 5 Review Questions

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What was one result of the First Battle of Bull Run?

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It showed Northerners that the war would be neither quick nor easy.

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When the Civil War began, one Union goal in the West was to

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control traffic on the Mississippi River.

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The capture of New Orleans by the Union navy was a serious blow to the South because

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the Confederacy lost control of the Mississippi River and a major port.

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Why is the Battle of Antietam considered a key battle of the Civil War?

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It failed to persuade European nations to recognize and aid the Confederacy.

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President Lincoln based his decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation on

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the Constitutional power to take property from an enemy during wartime.

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The Emancipation Proclamation freed only enslaved people who were under the control of states that had seceded from the Union.

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were under the control of states that had seceded from the Union.