Chapter 16 - Turning Point in the War

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What “greater moral purpose” did President Lincoln define for the North?

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ending slavery

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How much time passed between the Emancipation Proclamation and the formation of the 54th Massachusetts infantry regiment?

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about six-and-a-half months

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Which event happened first? enlistment of Charles and Lewis Douglass, organization of the 54th Massachusetts, death of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, storming of Fort Wagner

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enlistment of Charles and Lewis Douglass

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Why was Fort Wagner strategically important?

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It guarded the Port of Charleston.

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Which event happened last? Options: The Confederacy issued a draft law. The Union issued the Conscription Act. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Riots against the draft broke out in New York City.

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The Union issued the Conscription Act.

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What form of financing involved citizens loaning money to the government, usually at interest?

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treasury bonds

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Why did some southern plantation owners grow and keep cotton during the war?

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They expected cotton prices to rise after the war ended.

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What common practice in the early years of the Civil War might have prevented prison camp tragedies?

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regular exchanges of prisoners of war

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Why was President Andrew Johnson distrusted by some Republican congressmen?

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Johnson was a former Democrat who had owned enslaved people.

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Why did the Union win even though it had more casualties than the South did?

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The Union had more soldiers and spent more money during the war.