1. Free At Last Mr. Schumaier

2. Define Emancipate 1

4. Release from Control Emancipation Proclamation 1

5. What was the Emancipation Proclamation? 2

6. Statement September 22, 1862 that all slaves in states still in rebellion would be freed on January 1, 1863. 2

7. What slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation? 3

9. Why did Lincoln free slaves in the Confederacy? 4

10. Lincoln thought he could save the Union and weaken the South by broadening the war goals of the North 4

12. How did free blacks help the Union at first? 5

13. They performed noncombat tasks for the Union army at the beginning because they were barred for joining. 5

14. How did they help after 1862? 6

15. Summer 1862 Union passed law which allowed blacks to join the army. They formed all back units commanded by whites. 6

16. Who were the 54 th Massachusetts Infantry? 7

17. One of the first ALL BLACK unit. They attacked Fort Wagner near Charleston in 1863 Almost half of the soldiers were killed but they won respect for black soldiers. 7

19. The End