Emancipation Proclamation Quiz

The Civil War ended in 1865. Why did Lincoln decide to free the slaves before the war ended?

• He wanted to upset the Confederacy

• He needed more soldiers to fight for the Union

• He wanted to do it while he was President

• He thought it was necessary

In the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln did not free all of the slaves. Where were slaves not freed (on purpose)?

What did Frederick Douglass think about Lincoln's decision to free the slaves?

• He thought Lincoln wanted to free the slaves

• He thought Lincoln was forced to do it because he needed soldiers

• He believed that Lincoln did not want to free the slaves

• He thought Lincoln issued the Proclamation to get more support for the war

According to Douglass, what was happening in the North in 1863?

• The North is offering more support for the war.

• The North is becoming less likely to continue fighting.

• The North wants to free the slaves.

• The North is opposing the war, worried it has become an abolition war.

What was the primary purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To free all slaves in the United States

• To free slaves in the Confederate states as a war measure

• To grant citizenship to freed slaves

• To recruit former slaves into the Union Army

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all of the slaves in the United States

• True

• False

Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Jackson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Ulysses S. Grant