Emancipation Proclamation

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for what constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States?

• The thirteenth amendment

• The nineteenth amendment

• The fifth amendment

• The first amendment

• The twenty-first amendment

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.

What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?

• To enslave

• To abolish

• To free

• To vote

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

Which side had a stronger navy?

• The Union

• The Confederacy

How did the North begin to gain an advantage over the south?

• By winning a bunch major battles on northern territory

• By winning a bunch major battles on southern territory

• By cutting the south off from water routes

• By turning the western states against them

Total emancipation of the slaves was achieved by the ...

• 13th Amendment.

• 14th Amendment.

• 15th Amendment.

• Emancipation Proclamation.

Where would you MOST LIKELY find an abolitionist?

• North

• South

• Border states