Emancipation 10 questions

The outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run_________________

• discouraged the Confederacy and gave the Union confidence.

• showed that the Civil War would probably be a short conflict.

• proved that the Union’s military forces had superior firepower.

• discouraged the Union and gave the Confederacy confidence.

The 1862 battle at Antietam put an end to_________________

• the military career of Stonewall Jackson.

• the Confederate threat to the Union capital.

• the Civil War’s early string of Union victories.

• the Union threat to the Confederate capital.

As the Civil War began, President Lincoln accepted the belief that_____________________________

• individual states should settle the question of slavery.

• it was time to end slavery throughout the United States.

• the Union could be preserved as a mix of free and slave states

• preserving the Union was not worth the loss of life it would cause.

Before he could issue the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln waited for____________

• the selection of a Confederate president.

• the results of a national vote on slavery.

• a successful Confederate military action.

• a successful Union military action.

France and Britain responded to the Emancipation Proclamation by____________________________

• refusing to recognize the Confederacy as its own country.

• declaring their support for slavery in the South.

• forming a trade alliance with the Confederacy.

• sending ambassadors to settle the Civil War.

Which of the following was specifically permitted by the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Free African Americans were allowed to fight for the Confederacy.

• Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy.

• Enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the North.

• Enslaved people in border states were allowed to become Confederate citizens.

The first African Americans who fought for the Union during the Civil War________________________

• were told they would be freed after the war.

• were usually led by African American officers.

• had been recruited in border states.

• were paid less than white soldiers.

Which statement best describes the contributions of Frederick Douglass during the Civil War?

• Douglass was an abolitionist who served the Union in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

• Douglass was an abolitionist who formed the flying squadron known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

• Douglass was an abolitionist who encouraged the Union to allow African Americans to enlist.

• Douglass was an abolitionist who helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.

Which statement best describes the contributions of Harriet Tubman during the Civil War?

• Tubman was an abolitionist who served the Union in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

• Tubman was an abolitionist who worked as a spy for the Union Army to help the war effort.

• Tubman was an abolitionist who established the Tuskegee Airmen flying squadron.

• Tubman was an abolitionist who encouraged the Union to permit African Americans to enlist.

Which example best shows the contribution of African American troops during the Civil War?

• the First Battle of Bull Run

• the Second Battle of Bull Run

• the Battle at Chancellorsville

• the Battle at Fort Wagner