Emancipation Proclamation

Why did President Lincoln wait to issue the proclamation until after the northern victory at Antietam?

• He was too busy ordering troops around and didn`t have time before the victory.

• He was waiting for the states to ratify it

• He wanted strong support for the proclamation from the people and felt that the timing was right after this major victory in the Civil War.

If Lincoln set the slaves frees in the states that were in rebellion, he thought it would hurt the war effort for the south because.........

• Northerners would want to help the slaves in the south
• Lincoln just wanted to set them free
• Some of the slaves worked as nurses, cooks, and things valuable to the war effort in the south.
• In order to get help from France, Lincoln had to free the slaves.

Which of the below statements best describes the Emancipation Proclamation?

• An executive order from Abraham Lincoln that eventually led to the freedom of millions of slaves.

• A change to the United States constitution allowing for all men to vote regardless of race.

• A speech given by Abraham Lincoln asking for the Civil War to end.

Slaves would only be set free in what parts of the country?

• Only the states still at war with the Union
• In the four loyal slave states
• Confederate lands already captured by the Union
• Kansas

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War was not about keeping the Union together but for ____________

• Ending Southern Control in Kentucky
• Ending Slavery
• Ending Northern abuse towards the South
• Jefferson Davis's tyranny

What part of the country was EXCLUDED from the Emancipation Proclamation?

• The East Coast

• The West Coast

• The Border States

• The Great Lakes State

Why did Lincoln exclude the Border States from the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Slavery was already illegal in the Border States

• Lincoln didn't have any power the in the Border States

• The Border States worked out a compromise to keep slavery

• He didn't want to give them a reason to side with the South

What was one effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Confederates

• More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Union

• Many southern soldiers joined the North

• Some of the northern states lost faith in Lincoln

Why could Lincoln only free the slaves in the states that were in rebellion and not all of the

slaves throughout the country?

• Lincoln freed slaves throughout the U.S. as a way to preserve the Union.

• The president did not have the power to end slavery within the United States; this

  would have been a matter of changing the Constitution, which cannot be done by

  the president alone.

• He didn't want to upset the south.

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the goal of the war (for some)?

• It made the war about defending the Constitution

• It made the war about preserving the union of the country

• It made the war about ending slavery

• It made the war about keeping slavery