The Emancipation Proclamation

A law written by Abraham Lincoln to free the enslaved people is called...

Fredrick Douglas fought to end slavery. What request did he ask of Abraham Lincoln?

• Give him a day off work

• Free the slaves

• Make the south great again!

• Keep the war going

President Lincoln did not think he had the power to do what?

• Get a hair cut

• end (abolish) slavery

• please the Union (people in the north)

• Stop Fredrick Douglas

President Abraham Lincoln's main goal was to:

• Keep the country together-Preserve the Union!!!

• Make America Great Again

• Give the slaves Sundays off

• Get the Confederates to like him

January 1, 1863 Lincoln passes the Emancipation Proclamation law!!! What was missing from this law?

• Taco Tuesday no in law

• Law didn't actually "free the slaves"

• slaves in the north were not free

• No one had a party to celebrate law

What 2 things did the Emancipation Proclamation give slaves the right to do?

• Post their feelings on social media

• join the military if they wanted to

• Have Netflix watch parties on Fridays

• Be free from slavery

True or False: Do you think that African Americans could join the military before the Emancipation Proclamation?

• True

• False

Black soldiers who fought in the union served in what type of regiments (military units)?

• all White regiments

• multi-racial regiments

• all Black regiments

• all Native American regiments

What were some of the dangers and setbacks that Black soldiers faced while serving in the military?

• Usually paid less than white soldiers

• If captured by the South they could be placed back in slavery

• They got the worse jobs the military had to offer

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

Who were the Massachusetts 54th?

• Most famous regiment (military unit) of Civil War

• Regiment (military unit) that Fredrick Douglas' sons served in

• An All-Black regiment (military unit)

• ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!