Emancipation Proclamation Review

What was the main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To declare all slaves in Confederate states as free

• To end slavery in the North

• A friendship agreement issued after the Civil War Ended

• To declare slaves in the border states as free

Why didn't the Emancipation Proclamation extend to the border states?

• Lincoln wanted to end slavery immediately

• Lincoln wanted to prevent the border states from joining the Confederacy

• Lincoln wanted to gain support from European countries

• Lincoln wanted to punish the border states

What did the Union commanders call enslaved men and women who ran to the Union lines for freedom?

• Refugees
• Fugitives
• Liberated Slaves
• Contrabands

What was Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War?

• To abolish slavery everywhere

• To preserve the Union

• To punish the Confederate States

• To gain support from Europe.

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation applied to all enslaved people in the North

• True

• False

Lincoln and his cabinet wanted to wait for the Union to win a battle before issuing the Proclamation. What battle brought them that opportunity?

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Shiloh

Why did Lincoln wait for a while before he actually signed the Emancipation Proclamation?

• He wasn't sure he wanted to sign it

• He had received death threats

• He wanted to sign the document in a clear and bold hand

• His cabinet advised him to wait for 100 days.

Why was the Proclamation a "verbose" and "inelegant" piece of writing?

• It was drafted without a thorough review

• Lincoln wanted to confuse the Confederacy

• Lincoln wasn't a great writer.

• Lincoln wanted it to be ironclad

Despite its significance, the Emancipation Proclamation was a wartime document. What law officially ended slavery within the United States?

• 11th Amendment

• 9th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

True or False: Lincoln was the President of the Confederate States

• True

• False