WorksheetsEmancipation Proclamation Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
What was the main issue that divided the nation leading to the Civil War?
Slavery
Taxation
Trade
Immigration
According to the paragraph included, what did the Missouri Compromise admit Missouri as?
A slave state
A free state
A neutral state
A divided state
According to the paragraph included, which state joined the Union as a free state to maintain balance?
California
Texas
Virginia
Georgia
According to the paragraph included, which act allowed territories to decide on slavery by popular vote?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Compromise of 1850
According to the section titled "Firing on Fort Sumter," who was the Confederate general at Fort Sumter?
General P. G. T. Beauregard
General Robert E. Lee
General Ulysses S. Grant
General William T. Sherman
According to the section titled "Firing on Fort Sumter," what did the Union army do at Fort Sumter?
Evacuated the fort
Attacked the Confederacy
Built a new fort
Surrendered immediately
According to the section titled "Firing on Fort Sumter," what was the result of the firing on Fort Sumter?
The start of the Civil War
The end of the Civil War
The signing of a peace treaty
The capture of a Confederate general
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To free enslaved people in rebellious states
To declare war on the Confederacy
To establish new states
To create a new government
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
President Abraham Lincoln
President George Washington
President Thomas Jefferson
President Andrew Jackson
What was the date when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued?
January 1, 1863
July 4, 1776
December 25, 1860
April 15, 1865
What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare about enslaved people?
They shall be free
They shall remain enslaved
They shall be relocated
They shall be given land
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox Courthouse
Gettysburg
Fort Sumter
Richmond
