African American History Chapter 11

Question 1

Confederacy

Answer 1

the eleven southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) that seceded from the US in 1860–61, thus precipitating the Civil War.

Question 2

contraband

Answer 2

enemy property

Question 3

First Confiscation Act

Answer 3

Act created on August 6, 1861 that stated that Any property that belonged to Confederates used in the war effort could be seized by federal forces.

Question 4

First South Carolina Volunteers

Answer 4

A five-hundred-man regiment composed of escaped slaves from South Carolina and Florida.

Question 5

Second Confiscation Act

Answer 5

Authorized President Lincoln to enlist black men.

Question 6

Militia Act of 1862

Answer 6

Authorized President Lincoln to enlist black men.

Question 7

Black Committee

Answer 7

Included Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, Charles Remond, and Henry Highland Garnet.

Question 8

Battery Wagner

Answer 8

a heavily fortified installation on th northern tip of Morris Island, guarded the entrance to the harbor