WorksheetsLincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 16mins
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
Lincoln gained the confidence to order the emancipation of the slaves due to the victory of the Union army in this battle:
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Fort Sumter
President Lincoln thought the Emancipation Proclamation could help the North win the war because it
ended British and French support for the South
exposed the South's rationale for war
freed all enslaved people in the United States
gained support from abolitionists
The Northern economy was based MOSTLY on:
Unpaid workers
Industry
Agriculture
Goods & Services
______________ was the first state to break away from the United States.
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
On which issue did Lincoln and Davis most strongly disagree?
whether the South had seceded for a reason
whether the South had the right to secede
whether slavery would continue to exist in the South
whether the North and the South would go to war
Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
the secession of South Carolina in 1860
the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861
the election of Jefferson Davis in 1861
Lincoln declared that the goal of the Civil War was to
free enslaved people
preserve the Union
destroy the Confederacy’s economy.
destroy the Confederacy’s military.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
