Question

1. choose the best answer.

the ____ exempting enslavers with many enslaved people angered many confederates who felt that it made the war about protecting the upper class.
twenty negro law
conscription act of 1862
emancipation proclamation
impressment law in 1863

1. choose the best answer.

since enslaved people were legally considered property of their enemy, union general benjamin butler declared them to be war ____.
emigrants
evacuees
outlaws
contraband

Explanation:

1. The Conscription Act of 1862 in the Confederacy had a provision exempting slave - owners with a certain number of enslaved people (20 or more), which angered many Confederates as they saw it as favoring the upper - class slave - owners.
2. Union General Benjamin Butler declared enslaved people who escaped to Union lines as "contraband" of war, since they were legally considered property of the enemy.

Answer:

1. Conscription Act of 1862
2. contraband