Week 28 - Emancipation Proclamation and The Gettysburg Address

From Emancipation in the News: What word means "to set someone free"?

From Emancipation in the News: What word means "an official announcement"?

From Emancipation in the News: What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• An official announcement about keeping the slaves as slaves

• An official announcement about the end of the Civil War

• An official announcement about freeing the slaves

• An official announcement about Abraham Lincoln stepping down as president

From Emancipation in the News: Did the Emancipation Proclamation apply to the border states that had remained loyal to the Union?

• Yes

• No

From Emancipation in the News: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all of the slaves in the Confederacy immediately.

• True

• False

From The Gettysburg Address: The Battle of Gettysburg took place in ________ of 1863.

Your answer should be a month that you can find on a calendar.

From The Gettysburg Address: Over _________ troops were killed during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Your answer should be a number.

From The Gettysburg Address: The Gettysburg Address was just _______ words long and President Lincoln spoke for less than two minutes.

Your answer should be a number.

From The Gettysburg Address: At the start of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln says that "a new nation" was brought forth "four score and seven years ago".

How many years is four score and seven years? You may use Google to figure out the answer.