8.64 Gettysburg Address & Emancipation Proclamation Exit TIcket

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do during the Civil War?

• Free slaves in Confederate states

• Establish new territories

• End the Civil War

• Increase taxes on cotton

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

Which group of people were affected by the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Mexican Americans

• Enslaved African Americans

• European immigrants

• Native Americans

What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Reduced food shortages in the North

• Shifted focus of Civil War to include slavery

• Increased Southern population

• Created new jobs in factories

Who delivered the Gettysburg Address?

• George Washington

• John F. Kennedy

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

What event was the backdrop for the Gettysburg Address?

• Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Gettysburg

What is the main theme of the Gettysburg Address?

• Revenge

• Freedom

• Equality

• Victory

President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which went into effect on January 1, 1863. What was the significance of this proclamation?

• It said slaves must work for their masters until death.

• It only set slaves free who were in the Northern states.

• It said that all slaves in the United States are legal citizens.

• It said all slaves in the Confederate states must be freed.

The following passage is from the Gettysburg Address: "It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

—Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863

What was the purpose of this section of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

• to remind people that the Civil War was not yet over

• to inspire people to see the Confederates as brothers

• to thank the people who voted to elect him president

• to make people regret the Battle of Gettysburg had happened

One long-term effect of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was to

• give new meaning to the Constitution.

• honor the generals who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg.

• give meaning to the Civil War.

• justify the strategy employed at the Battle of Gettysburg.