Historical Context and Impact on African Americans

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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Declared all slaves in the Confederate states as free.

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What impact did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the Civil War?

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It shifted the focus of the war to the abolition of slavery

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The 54th Massachusetts, an all African American regiment, is remembered for which of the following campaigns? Launching attacks on Columbia, South Carolina with General William T. Sherman., Forcing Ulysses S. Grant to retreat at the Battle of Gettysburg., Leading the charge on Fort Wagner in the Charleston harbor., Causing the Confederates to gain the Mississippi River at the Battle of Vicksburg.

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Leading the charge on Fort Wagner in the Charleston harbor.

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Southern states created the Black Codes to do what? Options: limit African Americans rights, expand Confederate rights, give women voting rights, jail Carpetbaggers

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limit African Americans rights