Emancipation Proclamation

Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control.

• Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.

• Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.

• All of the above

True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?

• TRUE

• FALSE

What president gave the order for the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Confederate president Jefferson Davis

• Andrew Johnson

The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for what constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States?

• The thirteenth amendment

• The nineteenth amendment

• The fifth amendment

• The first amendment

• The twenty-first amendment

What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?

• To enslave

• To abolish

• To free

• To vote

What does it mean to "proclaim" something?

• To vote

• To announce

• To debate

• To choose

What was Lincoln's main goal during the Civil War?

• To abolish slavery in the US

• To stop slavery from spreading west

• To preserve the unity of the country

• To get Europe to support the north in the war

What part of the country was EXCLUDED from the Emancipation Proclamation?

• The East Coast

• The West Coast

• The Border States

• The Great Lakes State

How would the Emancipation Proclamation be enforced?

• The Confederacy had to win the war

• The Union had to win the war

• Each state had to approve the Emancipation Proclamation

• The majority of the states had to approve the Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation announced what new Union policy:

• A peace treaty with the Confederacy

• A military draft

• Freedom for all slaves in areas in rebellion against the United States

• The complete and total abolition of the Atlantic slave trade