b. How was the Emancipation Proclamation justified? Upon what would its enforcement depend?
c. What slave states were not affected by this proclamation?
d. How was slavery as an institution abolished throughout the United States?
§§ 410, 411.--a. Why was not the North united upon this war?
b. What is the force of the writ of habeas corpus? Why is it so important?
c. What was the "draft," and why was it necessary?
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§§ 412-415.--a. Explain the position of the armies at the beginning of 1863.
b. Why was the conquest of Vicksburg so difficult? How was it finally captured?
c. What effect did the control of the Mississippi have upon the Confederacy?