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Which group thought the Emancipation Proclamation was too drastic a step

Congressional Democrats

How did some formerly enslaved African Americans in the South respond to advancing Union forces

Before the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, slaves in the South could only hope that advancing Union armies would not make themselves victims of collateral damage. After January 1, 1863, Southern slaves could look forward to being freed by advancing Union armies.The Proclamation had no effect on Union slave holding states.

With that said, many freed slaves wanted to enlist in the Union army.

What role did Clara Barton serve during the Civil War

Nurse

What factors helped the north to produce more arms and supplies than the south

The south generally didn't make as much supplies and arms as the north because the north had the industrial revolution which allowed things to be made faster and cheaper instead of having to have each handmade by a gunsmith. Also, the south around that time were busy growing and selling cotton on large plantations.

How did president Harry Truman react to the North Korean invasion of south Korea

president truman ordered american troops moved from japan to south korea.

What did the militia act mandate

That African Americans be accepted into the Union military

Allowed African-Americans to participate as war laborers and soldiers

What battlefield event damaged ulysses s grant's rising military reputation

the deaths of nearly 25,000 Union and Confederate troops at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.

Why did members of lincoln's cabinet urge him to wait before announcing the emancipation of southern slaves

His colleagues said that this would make it look like a desperate gesture - trying to assert a moral war-mission to take people's minds off defeat. He ought to wait for a Unon victory, in order to carry conviction.

In addition and of great importance was that they did not want Lincoln's emancipation to cause problems in the "Border States" where slavery existed and were not included in the final emancipation issued on January 1, 1863.

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