Emancipation Proclamation

What was one effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Confederates

• More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Union

• Many southern soldiers joined the North

• Some of the northern states lost faith in Lincoln

How many slaves were immediately set free by the proclamation?

• All 4 million

• Around half

• No slaves were set free

• 50,000

What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?

• To enslave

• To abolish

• To free

• To vote

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

The Union won the Battle of ___________, which gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

• Chancellorsville

• Vicksburg

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War was about fighting for

• money

• pride

• land

• slavery

The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for which Amendment

• 1st

• 8th

• 13th

• 21st

The Emancipation Proclamation encouraged African-Americans to fight for the Union.

• True

• False

Did the Emancipation Proclamation free all the slaves?

• Yes

• No

Why was Lincoln afraid to free slaves in the border states?

• He thought the slaves were dangerous

• He thought this would make the South angry

• He was afraid the border states would join the Confederacy

• He didn't like the border states