3. In January 1862, what Republican leader in the House called for total war against the rebellion to include emancipation of slaves, arguing that emancipation, by forcing the loss of enslaved labor, would ruin the rebel economy?

4. Where was General Benjamin F. Butler assigned when he decided not to send a group of escape slaves back to their owners?

5. Who was an anti-slavery activist who was active in the New York Committee of Vigilance and the Underground Railroad and helped Frederick Douglass escape to freedom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lincoln allow Southern states to do in order to get around the Emancipation Proclamation in Chapter 7?

2. What was permitted by ordinance of the Second Confiscation Act?

3. What actions did John C. Fremont take with escaped slaves in Chapter 6?

4. What did Lincoln assert of the Republican Party at his speech at the Cooper Institute in 1860?

5. What happened to the slaves who escaped to the Union in the beginning of the war, as described in Chapter 6?

6. What candidates were elected from the various parties for the 1860 presidential election?

7. What actions and events led to the beginning of the Civil War, as discussed in Chapter 5?

8. Who was Frederick Douglass? When did he first meet with Lincoln?

9. What political strategies did Lincoln assert in Chapter 5? What issues were avoided and why?

10. What legislation did Abraham Lincoln introduce to Congress in July of 1862? What became of the legislation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the life of Frederick Douglass. What impact did Douglass have on the black community in America? What influence did he have on Abraham Lincoln?