Civil War Documents

Which of the following could be considered "Anti-Slavery" documents?

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The 13th Amendment

• The Cornerstone Speech

Which of the following documents are NOT anti-slavery?

• The Cornerstone Speech

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

Which came first, the Emancipation Proclamation or the 13th Amendment?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• 13th Amendment

Identify this quote:

"The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all

the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution"

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address

• The Cornerstone Speech

Which document reads...

"...upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God." ?

• The Cornerstone Speech

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• 13th Amendment

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address

What makes Alexander Stephens a good authority on the knowledge of the Government of the Confederacy?

• He was Vice President of the Confederacy

• He wrote the 13th Amendment

• He wrote the “new” Constitution

• He wrote a book about Frederick Douglass

Why was Frederick Douglass upset with Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Address?

• Lincoln did not write the speech himself

• Lincoln did not have a clear stance against slavery

• Lincoln didn't mention Douglass in the speech

Why did Lincoln say he originally couldn't end slavery in his Inaugural Address?

• He didn't want to

• The Emancipation Proclamation wasn't written yet

• The Constitution Wouldn't Allow him to

• He said he'd end slavery when he won the war

How was the 13th Amendment an improvement over the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It helped Lincoln win the war

• It gave freedom to enslaved people in ALL the states

• It gave Frederick Douglass credit for emancipation

Which document is this:

"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free;"

• The Cornerstone Speech

• 13th Amendment

• Lincoln's Inaugural Address

• The Emancipation Proclamation