Emancipation Proclamation

Lincoln's original reason for the Civil War was...

• to end slavery

• to punish the Confederacy

• to preserve the Union

• to preserve slavery

The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to...

• all enslaved people

• enslaved people in the border states

• enslaved people in the Union

• enslaved people in the Confederacy

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the Civil War?

• It made the war about ending slavery.

• It made it about punishing the South.

• It made it about economics.

• It made it a war about political differences.

Border states-

• were free states that fought for the Confederacy.

• were free states that fought for the Union.

• were slave holding states that fought for the Confederacy.

• were slave holding states that fought for the Union.

Who began to fight in the Civil War after the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Women

• Freedmen

• Children

What does EMANCIPATION mean?

• slavery

• imprisonment

• freedom

• captive

Who is William Carney?

• The man that killed Abraham Lincoln.

• The first African American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

• The man who passed the Emancipation Proclamation.