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Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877

Government Policies During the Civil War

Explain how Lincoln moved the Union's war aim from saving the Union to ending slavery, and how emancipation, Black soldiers and diplomacy shaped the war.

Topic 5.9 · 18 min read

This lesson comes with the AP United States History plan

In this lesson

  1. 01A war for the Union, 1861-1862
  2. 02The Emancipation Proclamation
  3. 03Why Britain and France stayed out
  4. 04Black Americans turn the war into a war for freedom
  5. 05Lincoln redefines the war's meaning
  6. 06Worked examples
  7. 07Where students lose points
  8. 08On the exam

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