The Gettysburg Address and The Emancipation Proclamation

According to Lincoln, men gave their lives at Gettysburg

• to hallow the ground.

• so that the nation might live.

• to stop the Confederate advance into Pennsylvania.

• so that slavery would be abolished.

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Lincoln believes that victory in the war will result in

• a full measure of devotion.

• a new birth of freedom.

• an altogether fitting and proper memorial.

• all men being created equal.

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Lincoln ends by stating his commitment “that government of the people, by the people, for the people,

shall not perish from the earth.” What ideal is he expressing?

• equality

• immortality

• liberty

• democracy

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To detract means to

• take away from.

• tear down.

• not follow.

• derail.

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What does perish mean?

• continue

• liberate

• spoil

• die

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

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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

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Lincoln wanted until a Union victory at _____________what battle to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.

• Gettysburg
• Bull Run
• Antietam
• Vicksburg

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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 the above

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What was Lincoln’s primary purpose for delivering the Gettysburg Address?

• to commemorate a great Union victory

• to dedicate a cemetery

• to launch his reelection campaign

• to consecrate the ground

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