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Standard "2.0 Peoples of the Nations and World," Indicator "CW.2 …"

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What was one result of the Emancipation Proclamation?

  1. A.
    Border states seceded and joined the Confederacy.
  2. B.
    Slavery was ended throughout the United States.
  3. C.
    Great Britain decided to support the Confederacy.
  4. D.
    Many African Americans were allowed to join the Union army.

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To which group did the Emancipation Proclamation apply?

  1. A.
    European immigrants in northeastern factories
  2. B.
    African Americans enslaved in rebelling states
  3. C.
    American Indians relocated to reservations
  4. D.
    Chinese miners in western territories

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On March 3, 1863, Congress passed the Enrollment Act. It called for all male citizens and immigrants between the ages of 20 and 45 to register in a national military draft system. The act allowed for a person to be exempt from registering if he paid $300 or found a person to replace him.

What was one reaction to the Enrollment Act?

  1. A.
    President Andrew Johnson was impeached.
  2. B.
    Riots broke out in several Northern cities.
  3. C.
    Fewer Union troops deserted.
  4. D.
    States seceded from the Union.

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Select two effects of the Emancipation Proclamation.

  1. A.
    It caused the South to recruit more soldiers.
  2. B.
    It allowed many African Americans to join the Union army.
  3. C.
    It prolonged the war by provoking the Confederacy.
  4. D.
    It freed enslaved African Americans in rebelling states.
  5. E.
    It led to riots over shortages of supplies.

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The Conscription [draft] is a necessity; the Conscription is a law; the Conscription is just. It is demanded for the suppression [crushing] of the Southern rebellion; it is needed to fill up our heroic but shattered regiments; the country called for it  . . .  It is the justest mode of raising an army—just to the people of every class and condition, poor and rich, black and white.

—"The Conscription Must be Enforced," New York Times, 1863

What was one reaction to the situation described in the excerpt?

  1. A.
    Taxes on Southern goods were removed.
  2. B.
    States began to secede from the Union.
  3. C.
    European countries began sending soldiers.
  4. D.
    Riots broke out in several Northern cities.