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Who did Lee advise to leave Richmond?

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Davis

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Why did Lee surrender?

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He realized he could hold out no longer

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What did Lee send Davis when he advised him to leave Richmond?

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A note

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Why did Lee advise Davis to leave Richmond?

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So he could move his army to food supplies and prolong the war

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What did the Confederate leaders do to Richmond?

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They burnt anything of use to the Union and the city was in flames

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Who visited Richmond to see the prize the union pursued for four years?

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Lincoln

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Did Lee want to continue fighting?

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Yes but he knew his position was hopeless

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Where did Lee and Grant meet at when Lee surrendered?

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Appotattox Court House

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What and where was Appomattox Court House?

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A town in Virginia

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Who did Lee meet when he surrendered?

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Grant

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What was the deadliest war in history?

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The Civil War

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About how many soldiers died in the Civil War?

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620,000 died

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About how many soldiers were wounded in the Civil War?

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About 400,000

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How much many did the North and South spend?

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Let’s just say LOTS

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14
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What did the war bring for the South?

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Economic disaster

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What was destroyed in the South from the Civil War?

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Farms and plantations

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How much of the nation’s wealth did the South account for before the war?

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30%

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How much of the nations wealth did the South account for after the war?

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12%

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What is the difference between how much the South accounted of the nations wealth before and after the war?

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18% less after the Civil War

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Who remained in poverty longer, North or South?

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South

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Who many days was it since Lee surrendered when Lincoln got shot?

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Five days

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Where was Lincoln shot?

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Ford’s Theatre

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What was Lincoln doing when he got shot?

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Watching a play

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Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

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John Wilkes Booth

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What was John Wilkes Booth’s punishment after killing Lincoln?

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He was persuaded and killed by troops

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How long was it between the day Booth shot Lincoln and when Booth was killed?

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11 days

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Where did the bullet hit Lincoln?

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The brain

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Where was Lincoln carried to after he got shot?

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A house nearby

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28
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Who tried to save Lincoln?

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Doctors

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Why did the doctors not succeed at saving Lincoln?

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They couldn’t remove the bullet from his brain

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When did Lincoln die?

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The morning after he was shot

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Lincoln was the first American President to be ____

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Assassinated

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32
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What did Americans do when Lincoln died?

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Many wept in the streets

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33
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What argument did the war settle?

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States’ rights

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What was the thought on states’ rights after the war?

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It was now clear that the states did not have the power to secede

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35
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Is the U.S recognised as a union or a loose federation of states?

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Union

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36
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What was slavery replaced with?

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Paid labor

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What two things are introduced after the war for economy?

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  1. ) income tax

2. ) new national paper currency

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What replaced farming after the war?

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Industry was replaced as the basis of national economy

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Why was the South’s economy destroyed?

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Because it was based on slavery

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Does factory production decrease or increase?

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Increase

41
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Is slavery still present after the civil war?

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No

42
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About how many slaves are freed after the war?

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Millions

43
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Can African Americans still serve in the military after the war?

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Yes

44
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What is introduced socially after the war?

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Conscription

45
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Who became active in nursing after the war?

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Women

46
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What were to weapons that were modernize and gave the advantage to the defender?

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A modernize rifle and minié ball

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Who does the modernized rifle and minié ball give the advantage to?

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The defender

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Does the new weaponry increase or decrease the number of casualties on the battlefield?

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Increase

49
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What made wooden warships obsolete?

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Ironclads

50
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Did the federal government grow or lose power after the war?

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Grow

51
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What was the greatest effect of the war?

A

Freeing millions of enslaved Americans

52
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How many states approved the Thirteenth Amendment?

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27 states

53
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How many states in the south approved the Thirteenth Amendment?

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8 states

54
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What did the Thirteenth Amendment ban?

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Slavery in the US

55
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What were three challenges after the war?

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  1. ) four million former slaves had to be integrated into national life
  2. ) south had to be brought back into the union
  3. ) after four years of destruction, Americans turned their energies toward rebuilding the nation
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What was the Capitol of the Confederacy?

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Richmond

57
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What was Lee’s job?

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He was the general of the confederacy

58
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What was Grant’s job?

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He was the general of the North

59
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What was an impact from the civil war in the south that some people feel is still present today?

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Many people feel the south is still poor

60
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What does it mean to emancipate?

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To free all enslaved African Americans

61
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What was the decision that Lincoln had to face?

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To free or not to free

62
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What is Lincoln’s main goal?

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To preserve the union ; he will do whatever is necessary regarding slavery

63
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What were the border states?

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The slave states still in the union

64
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Can Lincoln anger the border states?

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No

65
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Who did the emancipation proclamation free?

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All slaves in Confederate territories in the union’s control

66
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How many slaves did the emancipation proclamation free?

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Few people

67
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Where could the Union enforce the emancipation proclamation?

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Only in the confederate territories under their control

68
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Why didn’t Lincoln free all slaves?

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He believed the constitution didn’t give him authority to free all slaves

69
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What is the President’s role in the armed forces?

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Commander - in - chief

70
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Did Lincoln issue the proclamation with his military authority or his government authority?

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Military authority

71
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What did the proclamation do to the Union cause?

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It added a great moral purpose to the Union cause

72
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What did the war become of because of the Emancipation proclamation?

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War of liberation

73
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What did abolitionists think about the emancipation proclamation?

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They were thrilled but many believed Lincoln should have freed all slaves

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What did everybody in the north, except for abolitionists and especially democrats, think of emancipation?

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They opposed emancipation

75
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Why did some people in the North oppose emancipation?

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They claimed the proclamation would only prolong the war by further angering the south

76
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What did the union soldiers think about emancipation?

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They welcomed it

77
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Why did the Union soldiers welcome emancipation?

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Because it would destroy everything that gave the rebels strength

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What happened to the slaves who were out of reach of the northern armies?

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They were still escaping out into the union lines

79
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After the Emancipation proclamation, what did the slaves deprive the confederacy of?

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Labor

80
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What did the emancipated slaves provide the union with?

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Soldiers

81
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Who did the emancipation proclamation allow into the armed forces?

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Slaves

82
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Since what point of the war was Frederick Douglas arguing for the recruitment of African Americans into the armed forces?

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Since the start of the war

83
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Why did Frederick Douglas think the recruitment of African Americans into the armed forces was good?

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Because he believed this would be the first step to full citizenship

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Before the proclamation, what did the federal government think if African Americans joining the armed forces?

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They discouraged the enlistment of African Americans and only a few regiments were formed

85
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How quickly did African American soldiers join the army?

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They rushed

86
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How many African American regiments were organized in the Civil War?

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166

87
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Who were all black regiments usually led by?

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White officers

88
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What traits did the African Americans show on the battlefield?

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Great courage and determination on the battlefield

89
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What were white officers’ views on African Americans joining the armed forces in the beginning?

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They had racist views

90
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Did white officers’ views on African Americans soldiers change during the war?

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Yes

91
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Whee was the 54th Massachusetts organized?

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In the North

92
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What did the 54th Massachusetts do? And did they win?

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They led a heroic attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina and won

93
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What were the dangers for African American soldiers if they were captured?

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The confederate government threatened to execute them or return them to slavery rather than make them prisoners of war

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What was the proclamation a sign of?

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The war was bringing dramatic change to both the North and South

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