Emancipation Lesson

Emancipate

Multiple Choice

What does "emancipate" mean?

• To enter

• To add

• To free

• To farm

Proclamation

Multiple Choice

What does "proclamation" mean?

• Leave

• Invitation

• Pride in your area

• An important announcement

The Emancipation

Proclamation

September 22, 1862

Freeing the slaves in the South

-President Lincoln used the aftermath of the Union victory at Antietam to give
an executive order that would change the legal status of slaves in
Confederate states to be free (effective January 1, 1863)

-Although this order was designed to free slaves in Confederate states, it did
not address slavery that was still being practiced in Unionborder states

Multiple Choice

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Joe Biden

• Jefferson Davis

• George Washington

Multiple Choice

With the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in what states were free?

• All states

• All rebelling states (Confederate)

• All Union states

• All coastal states

Multiple Choice

The Confederate States refers to the-

• Northern states

• Southern states

• Western states

• Indian Territory

Multiple Choice

The Union States refer to-

• The northern states (U.S)

• The southern states

• Indian Territory

• States that had slaves but were part of the U.S.

If the Confederate states were their own country,
would they have to follow laws passed by the Union?

Multiple Choice

What were border states?

• States that left the U.S. first

• Free states

• States that allowed slavery but remaind in the U.S.

Freeing the slaves in the South

-While the Confederacy felt that they did not have to listen to Union laws, this
meant that if slaves were to cross into free states, they would be free

-This also meant that if the Union won the war, slavery would be abolished in
the South

-Lincoln thought that if he freed slaves in border states, they would secede and
join the Confederacy, making it harder to win the war

Multiple Choice

Why did Lincoln not free the slaves in the border states?

• He did not have the power

• He was afraid that they would secede too

Multiple Choice

What was the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It meant that slavery would only increase if the president allowed it

• It meant that the Union was no longer part of the U.S.

• It meant that if the north won, slavery would be abolished in the U.S. completely