The Emancipation Proclamation Quiz

What do I know about The Emancipation Proclamation already?

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Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• George Washington

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When was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?

• April 9, 1865

• December 25, 1865

• January 1, 1863

• July 4, 1776

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Match the following

• Southern states that lost the Civil War

• Union

• end of slavery

• proclamation

• the act of setting free

• emancipation

• Northern states that won the Civil War

• Confederate

• an official, public statement

• abolition

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"...by virtue of the power, and for the ​ (a)   aforesaid, I do order and ​ (b)   that all persons held as slaves within said ​ (c)   States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be ​ (d)   "

• purpose
• declare
• designated
• free

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation change for over 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the Confederate states?

• Their right to own property

• Their citizenship status

• Their legal status from enslaved to free

• Their right to vote

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True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed ALL enslaved persons in the United States.

• True

• False

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Before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, what did Lincoln propose to legislators?

• Immediate emancipation without compensation

• A gradual emancipation program with compensation for slaveowners

• The 13th Amendment

• A civil rights act

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What was a significant outcome of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It ended the Civil War

• It granted women the right to vote

• It allowed former slaves to join the United States armed forces

• It established the National Bank

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"And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self­-defence"

What is Lincoln asking newly freed persons to do? What does that make you think?

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