Civil War Checkpoint

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The Emancipation Proclamation was a measure used by Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War because

• It led to the Confederacy to surrender immediately

• It crippled the economy and limited the supplies to the Confederate Army

• It led to the secession of 11 Southern states

• It crippled the economy and limited the supplies to the Union Army

How did the loss of its control of the Mississippi River (Batte of Vicksburg) contribute to the defeat of the Confederacy?

• Losing control of the river divided the Confederacy in two and cut off its supplies.

• The river had provided direct access to the Union’s base of military operations

• Losing control of the river removed the physical barrier between slave and free states

• The river had provided the Confederacy with a power source for factories and mills

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Which of the following best describes the document above?

• A speech written by Abraham Lincoln to convince to Union to continue fighting to end the Civil War

• A speech written by Jefferson Davis explaining the reasons for secession

• A speech written by Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in the Confederacy

• A speech written by Jefferson Davis defending the U.S. Constitution