Emancipation Proclamation

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?

• TRUE

• FALSE

What president gave the order for the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Confederate president Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Johnson

What date did Lincoln issue the proclamation?

• July 4, 1776

• January 1, 1863

• April 7, 1860

• August 12, 1880

Which of the below statements best describes the Emancipation Proclamation?

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

• A new law issued by congress that said slavery was illegal in the North.

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

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

• An order made by the Supreme Court saying that the Confederate states had the right to decide for themselves on slavery.

About how many black soldiers fought in the Union army during the Civil War?

• 200,000

• 10,000

• 4 million

• 50,000

• None

What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?

• To enslave

• To abolish

• To free

• To vote

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What does it mean to "proclaim" something?

• To vote

• To announce

• To debate

• To choose

At the beginning of the Civil War, why were some northerners unhappy with Lincoln?

• He wasn't doing enough to end slavery

• He was reluctant to make decisions in war

• He thought slavery should be abolished in the west

• He let the south secede

What was Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War?

• To abolish slavery in the US

• To stop slavery from spreading west

• To preserve the unity of the country

• To get Europe to support the north in the war

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

• The East Coast

• The West Coast

• The Border States

• The Great Lakes State