Which of the following was true of the Union's Second Confiscation Act?
A) It authorized Union generals to return runaway slaves to their masters.
B) It authorized Union generals to enlist slaves into the Union army.
C) It authorized Union generals to seek out slaves to liberate.
D) It authorized Union generals to employ runaway slaves as laborers.
D
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A) religious B) commercial C) scientific D) mixed
The Comstock Act of 1873
A. restricted medical research on sexuality and the human body. B. banned the mailing of "obscene" material. C. outlawed prostitution. D. prohibited the sale of birth control merchandise.
At the outset of the Civil War, which of the following did both northerners and southerners predict?
A) The war would not be short. B) The war would result in enormous causalities. C) Slavery would be abolished. D) The war would not change their societies dramatically. E) The war would mean complete destruction of one side.
Which of the following statements about the Black Codes enacted in the Southern States is TRUE?
a. They were devised to protect former slaves from forced separation from their family members b. They were legislation imposed by Congress on former Confederate States c. They were laws passed by the Johnson governments in the South to criminalize ex-slaves so they could be put back on the plantations as free labor d. They were seen by Thaddeus Stevens as a necessary legal step to help former slaves make the transition to freedom