"What President Lincoln Thought about Slavery"

Vocabulary Word:

Measure

meas·ure

NOUN:  Note the vast number of meanings for the word.  I have highlighted the meanings that seem to apply to Lincoln's use of cavilling.
 
  1. Dimensions, quantity, or capacity as ascertained by comparison with a standard.
  2. A reference standard or sample used for the quantitative comparison of properties: The standard kilogram is maintained as a measure of mass.
  3. A unit specified by a scale, such as an inch, or by variable conditions, such as a day's march.
  4. A system of measurement, such as the metric system.
  5. A device used for measuring.
  6. The act of measuring.
  7. An evaluation or a basis of comparison: "the final measure of the worth of a society" (Joseph Wood Krutch). See Synonyms at standard.
  8. Extent or degree: The problem was in large measure caused by his carelessness.
  9. A definite quantity that has been measured out: a measure of wine.
  10. A fitting amount: a measure of recognition.
  11. A limited amount or degree: a measure of good-will.
  12. Limit; bounds: generosity knowing no measure.
  13. Appropriate restraint; moderation: "The union of . . . fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal" (William James).
  14. An action taken as a means to an end; an expedient. Often used in the plural: desperate measures.
  15. A legislative bill or enactment.
  16. Poetic meter.
  17. Music The metric unit between two bars on the staff; a bar.

Questions:

Lincoln, himself was reluctant to allow blacks to join in the military effort until after the Emancipation Proclamation and meeting with Frederick Douglass. 

This statement, by Douglass, describes the effect of finally allowing blacks, freedmen and runaway slaves on the Civil War.  This first step was important for eventual total freedom for all slaves, equality, and full citizenship.  The last two gains would not be reached until 100 years after the Civil War's ending.

"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pockets, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States." - - Frederick Douglass

1.  How many black men served in the Union army and navy during the Civil War?

2.  Did black men receive the Congressional Medal of War?

3.  Did black men prove that they were a big part in the success of the Union in the Civil War?  Were they in the measure, as Lincoln used the word?