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Why did Robert E. Lee invade Maryland in August and September 1862?

He hoped that a victory over Union forces would humiliate Lincoln's government.

How did the Confederacy, with its agricultural economy, acquire the products and equipment it needed to supply its army?

Profits from cotton exports provided funds to purchase imported products.

On July 4, 1861, in a statement to a special session of Congress, President Lincoln

declared that the war was a noble crusade that would determine the fate of democracy throughout the world.

Why did President Lincoln decide to suspend habeas corpus during the Civil War?

He believed it would stop disloyal activities, such as protests against the draft.

The second Confiscation Act, passed in July 1862, declared that

any slave who came to Union lines, through either flight or capture, would be forever free

How did the battles that book place in Virginia from June 25 to July 1, 1862, unfold?

Lee ferociously attacked Union troops under McClellan as they were approaching Richmond.

The Emancipation Proclamation stated that

slaves in the rebel states would be freed

What was the Confederacy seeking to achieve with the war in 1861?

Permanent independence and "to be let alone"

Which of the following statements describes the significance of the Battle of Antietam?

Lincoln removed McClellan from command after the battle for his timidity.

Which of the following statements describes the place of emancipation in the Union's war aims in 1861 and 1862?

Moderate Republican leaders began to redefine the war as a struggle, not only against Confederate armies, but also against the institution of slavery.

Which of the following statements describes the movement toward emancipation within the Republican Party in 1862?

Radical Republicans in Congress pushed moderates toward embracing their agenda of total abolition.

Which of the following describes Lincoln's military strategy at the beginning of the Civil War?

Strike immediately against the Confederate capitol in Richmond, Virginia

Which of the following describes the outcome of the first Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861

Union troops panicked during a Confederate counterattack and retreated to Washington

During the early years of the Civil War, the term contraband came into use to describe

freedom-seeking slaves who fled from Confederate masters to Union armies.

The Enrollment Act of 1863

led to riots in New York City