Emancipation Proclamation/14th Amendment

The 14th Amendment was initially put into place to protect what group of people?

• former slave owners

• freed slaves

• members of Congress

• former presidents

Prior to the amendment, how were former slaves counted when determining the number of representatives a state would have?

• one fifth

• one fourth

• three fifths

• five sixths

What group of people did the amendment say could not hold pubic office?

• former slave owners

• former slaves

• people that participated in a rebellion

• immigrants

What group did the 14th Amendment say the Bill of Rights applied to?

• state governments

• foreign governments

• the British

• All of the above

What part of the 14th Amendment was used to prevent states from implementing Black Codes?

• Due Process Clause

• Rebellion Clause

• Citizenship Clause

• Equal Protection Clause

Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control

• laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery

• allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army

• all of he above

The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free.

• True

• False

How many slaves were immediately set free by the proclamation?

• all 4 million

• no slaves were set free

• 50,000

• 1,000

What president gave the order for the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Confederate president Jefferson Davis

Lincoln gained the confidence to order the emancipation of the slaves due to what victory of the Union army in this battle.

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Fredericksburg

• Battle of Shiloh

• Battle of Fort Sumpter