5th Emancipation Proclamation African Americans

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

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.

What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?

• To enslave

• To abolish

• To free

• To vote

What year did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• 1859

• 1861

• 1863

• 1868

Lincoln specifically referred to which part of the country in the Emancipation Proclamation

• The South

• The North

• The East

• The West

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 is the name for people who wanted to put an end to slavery?

• Underground Railroaders 
• Suffragists
• Bushwackers
• Abolitionists

In September 1862, Lincoln signed the ________________________________ which freed all slaves in the rebelling Confederate states.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Appomattox Court House

• March to the Sea

• South Carolina