American Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation Quiz

When did President Lincoln issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation?

• July 1, 1862

• September 22, 1862

• January 1, 1863

• October 1, 1862

What did the Militia Act of 1862 give President Lincoln the authority to do?

• Employ persons of African descent in any military capacity

• Declare war on the Confederate states

• Enforce martial law in the Union states

• Confiscate property of loyal citizens

What was the second condition that Frederick Douglass mentioned for the Emancipation Proclamation to free any slaves?

• The rebellion had to be supported by the Union by January 1, 1863

• The states in rebellion had to be in rebellion after January 1, 1863

• The states in rebellion had to return to the Union by January 1, 1863

• The rebellion had to be suppressed by January 1, 1863

Which states did the Emancipation Proclamation declare forever free all persons held as slaves in?

• The five slaveholding states that accepted Abraham Lincoln as president

• All states in the Union

• All states in the Confederacy

• The ten states in war with the United States for their independence

What did Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, say about the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It was a sign of the Union's willingness to negotiate peace

• It was a necessary war measure for preserving the Union

• It was a declaration of the Union's victory over the Confederacy

• It was an authentic statement of the government's inability to subjugate the south by force of arms

According to Ulysses S. Grant, what did the Emancipation Proclamation add to the Union war effort?

• A powerful ally in the form of foreign allies

• A powerful ally in the form of new military technology

• A powerful ally in the form of economic support

• A powerful ally in the form of African American men and women

What did the Emancipation Proclamation turn the regional conflict into?

• A war for economic dominance

• A war for territorial expansion

• A war for political supremacy

• A war for emancipation

What did hundreds of thousands of southerners of African descent seek by joining the Union war effort?

• Economic prosperity

• Political power

• Territorial expansion

• The precious gift of Liberty

What did the Emancipation Proclamation not apply to according to President Lincoln?

• States that accepted Abraham Lincoln as president

• All states in the Confederacy

• Loyal states in the Union

• States in rebellion

What did President Lincoln declare the Emancipation Proclamation as?

• A symbolic gesture of goodwill

• A sign of weakness in the Union's war effort

• A political maneuver to gain support

• A fit and necessary war measure for preserving the Union