Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on this date

• September 22, 1862

• January 1, 1863

• July 4, 1862

• December 6, 1865

The Emancipation Proclamation announced what new Union policy?

• a peace treaty with the Confederacy

• a military draft

• freedom for all slaves in areas in rebellion against the United States

• the complete and total abolition of the Atlantic slave trade

Lincon's cabinet advised him to hold off on issuing the Proclamation until...

• the Confederacy won a major victory

• the Union won a major victory

• enough abolitionists registered to vote

• Grant gained control of the Mississippi at Vicksburg

Which battle provided Lincoln with the Union victory he felt was necessary to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• the Battle of Antietam

• the Battle of Bull Run

• the Battle of Fredericksburg

In addition to promising freedom to slaves in rebel-held areas, the Emancipation Proclamation contained what new Union policy?

• the abolition of the interstate slave trade

• African Americans were allowed to serve in the Union army

• the abolition of slavery in the western territories

• the abolition of slavery in all border states