The Civil War: mobilization, emancipation, and Union victory

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Explain the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Union and the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War and evaluate how those factors shaped wartime strategy.
Explain how both the Union and the Confederacy mobilized their economies, societies, and governments for war.
Explain the significance of key turning points in the Civil War, including military and diplomatic developments that weakened the Confederacy and strengthened the Union.

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Explain the contributions of African Americans, including Black soldiers and formerly enslaved people, to the Union war effort and to the destruction of slavery.

Evaluate the most important reasons for Union victory and the Confederacy’s defeat.

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