Frederick Douglass Quiz 3 2025

In the beginning months and years of the Civil War, what reason did Abraham Lincoln and others in the Union give to explain why the war was being fought?

• To help Abraham Lincoln get reelected in 1864.

• To promote states' rights and autonomy.
• To support foreign intervention in the conflict.
• To preserve the Union and keep the United States united.

• To establish a new government separate from the Union.

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was issued following this Civil War battle.

• Battle of Gettysburg
• Battle of Bull Run
• Battle of Shiloh
• Battle of Vicksburg
• Battle of Antietam

True or False: Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the South.

• True

• False

After Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, the Union's goal for fighting the Civil War was to . . .

• promote states' rights over federal authority
• end slavery and preserve the Union
• expand slavery in the South
• focus solely on economic issues
• support the Confederacy's independence

This battle of the Civil War, which took place in July of 1863, marked the turning point of the war.

• The Battle of Shilo

• The Battle of Antietam

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The attack of Fort Sumter

• None of these.

This Civil War battle is an example of the South invading the North and fighting on northern soil.

• 1. 1. Battle of Chancellorsville

• 2. Battle of Gettysburg

• 3. Battle of Antietam

• 4. 4. Battle of Bull Run

• 5. 5. Both 2 and 3 Only.

This general led the CONFEDERATE forces at the Battle Gettysburg.

• George McClellan

• Stonewall Jackson

• Robert E. Lee

• George Meade

• Ulysses S. Grant

This document was issued soon after the Battle of Antietam.

• 1. 1. Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

• 2. Frederick Douglass' second autobiography

• 3. The Gettysburg Address

• 4. The Emancipation Proclamation

• Both 1 and 2 Only.

During the Civil War, this was the capital city of the Confederacy. It fell to the Union on April 2, 1865.

• Charleston, South Carolina

• New Orleans, Louisiana
• Nashville, Tennessee
• Richmond, Virginia

• Atlanta, Georgia

"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal," is the beginning of . . .

• the Emancipation Proclamation.

• the Bill of Rights.

• the U.S. Constitution.

• the Gettysburg Address.

• the Declaration of Independence.