Emancipation

When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he told the South that he

• wanted to end the Union

• wanted to end slavery.

• did not want it in the Union.

• did not want to end slavery.

President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

• after the Battle of Antietam

• as part of his inaugural address.

• after the Thirteenth Amendment passed.

• before the South seceded.

President Lincoln waited for which of the following before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• new states to join the Union

• the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment

• a successful Confederate military action

• a successful Union military action

The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation stated that Southern states could keep slavery if

• they ended the war.

• they rejoined the Union.

• they gave rights to enslaved people.

• they did not expand slavery

President Lincoln did not include Union border states in the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to

• help the Union recruit African-American soldiers.

• encourage Southern states to surrender.

• keep the border states loyal to the Union.

• stop the Underground Railroad.

President Lincoln thought the Emancipation Proclamation could help the North win the war because it

• ended British and French support for the South

• exposed the South's rationale for war.

• freed all enslaved people in the United States.

• gained support from abolitionists.

Enslaved people in the South generally reacted to news of the Emancipation Proclamation by

• enlisting in the Confederate military.

• protesting, such as by staging work slowdowns

• moving to the border states

• refusing to celebrate Independence Day.

Before the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans

• were not allowed in the North

• were not allowed in border states

• could not join the Union military

• could not join the Confederate military.

Which did the Emancipation Proclamation specifically permit?

• 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 Emancipation Proclamation affected the Union’s Civil War efforts by

• allowing the Union to turn its attention away from slavery.

• increasing the number of available troops for the Union.

• forcing Southern slaveholders to free enslaved people.

• forcing Northern African Americans to join the Union army.