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Emancipation Proclamation Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main issue that divided the nation leading to the Civil War?

a)

Slavery

b)

Taxation

c)

Trade

d)

Immigration

2.

According to the paragraph included, what did the Missouri Compromise admit Missouri as?

a)

A slave state

b)

A free state

c)

A neutral state

d)

A divided state

3.

According to the paragraph included, which state joined the Union as a free state to maintain balance?

a)

California

b)

Texas

c)

Virginia

d)

Georgia

4.

According to the paragraph included, which act allowed territories to decide on slavery by popular vote?

a)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The Emancipation Proclamation

d)

The Compromise of 1850

5.

According to the section titled "Firing on Fort Sumter," who was the Confederate general at Fort Sumter?

a)

General P. G. T. Beauregard

b)

General Robert E. Lee

c)

General Ulysses S. Grant

d)

General William T. Sherman

6.

According to the section titled "Firing on Fort Sumter," what did the Union army do at Fort Sumter?

a)

Evacuated the fort

b)

Attacked the Confederacy

c)

Built a new fort

d)

Surrendered immediately

7.

According to the section titled "Firing on Fort Sumter," what was the result of the firing on Fort Sumter?

a)

The start of the Civil War

b)

The end of the Civil War

c)

The signing of a peace treaty

d)

The capture of a Confederate general

8.

What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

To free enslaved people in rebellious states

b)

To declare war on the Confederacy

c)

To establish new states

d)

To create a new government

9.

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

President Abraham Lincoln

b)

President George Washington

c)

President Thomas Jefferson

d)

President Andrew Jackson

10.

What was the date when the Emancipation Proclamation was issued?

a)

January 1, 1863

b)

July 4, 1776

c)

December 25, 1860

d)

April 15, 1865

11.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare about enslaved people?

a)

They shall be free

b)

They shall remain enslaved

c)

They shall be relocated

d)

They shall be given land

12.

Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

a)

Appomattox Courthouse

b)

Gettysburg

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Richmond