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Chapter 11 Section 2 African Americans and the War How did the Emancipation Proclamation and the efforts of African American soldiers affect the course of the war? Lincoln recognized the need to include ___________________ slavery as a goal of the war. ________________________________joined the Union’s army and navy and fought for freedom. Frederick Douglass As war progressed, ___________________ Frederick Douglass urged ___________________ to abolish ___________________ and allow blacks to fight for the Union. Slavery Lincoln was further ___________________ to address the issue of slavery because: o Union troops did not know what to do with ___________________ people who came under their control in ___________________ territories. o Slavery was very ___________________ among the Union’s European ______________. Emancipation Proclamation, Part 1 Lincoln’s actions to ___________________ ___________________: He drafted the ____________________________________________________to abolish slavery. In the summer of 1862, he shared it with his ___________________ who supported it. They decided to wait for a Union battle ___________________ to announce the plan. Antietam Union troops attacked Lee at ___________________, before Lee was able to mount a surprise ___________________on the Union. The Battle at Antietam was the single ___________________ battle of the war with more than ___________________soldiers dead or wounded. Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam in ___________________. It made the abolition of slavery one of the ___________________ goals of the Union. Emancipation Proclamation, Part 2 The Emancipation Proclamation was finally issued September 22, 1862. It was a ______________________________________. It freed enslaved people in the states still in ___________________ as of January 1, 1863. It did not apply to ______________________________________. It did not apply to ___________________ areas already under Union military control. The Militia Act Two months before Lincoln ___________________ the Emancipation Proclamation, Congress had passed the ______________________________________. This ___________________ free ___________________ in the North to join the Union military and ___________________ fight for their freedom. Black Soldiers After the Militia Act, • thousands of ______________________________________became Union soldiers. • nearly two dozen black Civil War soldiers received the Congressional ______________________ • some ___________________black soldiers lost their lives in over 40 major Civil War battles. • the ______________________________________was recognized for its outstanding action in the battle for ______________________________________, South Carolina. ___________________ faced by African American troops– • often assigned ___________________ tasks and longest guard duty • fought three-years to win ______________________________________ • ___________________ if captured by Confederate troops Slaves Enslaved people ___________________ to the war effort by • using various forms of ___________________ against the Confederacy. • providing ___________________ and supplies such as ___________________ to Union troops. • refusing to work for their ______________________________________. • running away to ___________ camps and working for the Union, often serving as ___________________ or ___________________.