Question 1

The Second Confiscation Act was supported by ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Second Confiscation Act was supported by...

Question 2

The Second Confiscation Act was finally passed with ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Second Confiscation Act was finally passed...

Question 3

The stance of the border states concerning emancipation in 1862 pushed Lincoln to pursue policy of ________.

Accepted Answer

The border states were crucial to the Union, and Lincoln aimed to keep them loyal. Emancipation in the Confederacy was a strategic move to weaken the Confederate war effort without alienating the border states.

Question 4

Lincoln's public letter to Horace Greeley made clear his concerns for emancipation on what grounds?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln's letter to Horace Greeley emphasized that his primary goal as president was to save the Union, and he would take whatever action necessary, including emancipation, if it helped achieve that goal.

Question 5

Unlike Lincoln, most African Americans were opposed to ________.

Accepted Answer

Most African Americans were opposed to colonization, which was the idea of sending freed slaves to Africa or other places outside the United States. Lincoln, at times, supported colonization as a solution to the issue of slavery.

Quiz 3: Sacred Soil: Virginia in the Summer of 1862

The Second Confiscation Act was supported by ________.

The Second Confiscation Act was finally passed with ________.

The stance of the border states concerning emancipation in 1862 pushed Lincoln to pursue policy of ________.

Lincoln's public letter to Horace Greeley made clear his concerns for emancipation on what grounds?

Unlike Lincoln, most African Americans were opposed to ________.