3/1/22 Homework

Why was Lincoln worried about issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• He didn't want to anger people in border states

• He thought he didn't have the constitutional power

• He worried about the effects

• All of the above

What is a contraband?

• a Union warship

• escaped slaves who joined the Union army during the Civil War

• northern Democrats who spoke out against the Civil War

Who was known as the "angel of the battlefield"?

• Clara Barton

• Mary Todd Lincoln

• Sally Louisa Tompkins

• Abraham Lincoln

Why did the Emancipation Proclamation have little immediate effect?

• It only freed slaves in Confederate states, and they were not listening to Lincoln

• No one knew about it

• It only freed slaves in border states at first and there weren't that many of them

What did Copperheads believe? (2 correct answers)

• The war was unnecessary

• Slavery should remain legal

• Slavery should be abolished

• Lincoln should be reelected

Why did Lincoln suspend habeas corpus?

• He thought it would help free slaves

• He wanted to silence the Copperheads

• He wanted to pay soldiers more

• He thought it was an unnecessary law

Why was the 54th Massachusetts Infantry well known?

• They were made up of only nurses

• They lost every battle they fought

• They fought bravely against the Confederacy

What words describe life as a soldier during the Civil War?

• safe

• clean

• fun

• none of the above

What happened to military prisoners in the Civil War?

• They were sent to prisoner of war camps

• They were no prisoners of war in the Civil War

• They were sent home immediately

Did Frederick Douglass encouraged African Americans to fight for the Union?

• No, he thought it wasn't honorable

• Yes, he thought it would be fun for them

• Yes, because he thought it would help them get rights

• No, he thought it wasn't fair that they were being asked to fight