Task 4-5 - The Emancipation Proclamation
1. Why did Lincoln decide in favor of emancipation?
a. to weaken the South b. he hated slavery
c. to appease the abolitionists d. to irritate Jefferson Davis
2. Very few slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation because -
a. most had already been freed by the Union army
b. KY, MO, and MD refused to abide by the Proclamation
c. the Union didn�t control the areas that it applied to
d. most Northerners didn�t like the Proclamation either
3. Which of the following statements is most true about the Emancipation Proclamation?
a. abolitionists fully supported it and felt the president had done all he could.
b. the Union army was happy to have black soldiers fighting along side them.
c. it didn�t matter to the South because the Union army couldn�t enforce it
d. Northern Democrats opposed it because they thought it would make the South fight
harder.
4. Answer the following questions about the above painting.
a. What group of people is at the left? _______________________________
b. Who is carrying the proclamation? ____________________________
c. What symbols of the Union does the artist use?
d. What is the artist�s purpose for this painting?
5. Define emancipation.
6. Define proclamation.
7. What slaves did not gain their freedom under the proclamation?
8. Who was responsible for enforcing the proclamation?
a. the states b. the army c. the US government d. the president
9. In the proclamation, why did Lincoln exempt some counties in VA and LA, and all of TN?
a. they had never seceded
b. he had worked out a separate agreement with the governors of those states
c. they were under US army control and no longer rebelling against the Union
d. he wanted to encourage them to stop fighting
10. In the Proclamation, what does Lincoln ask the freed slaves to do?
a. come North and get away from their plantations
b. abstain from violence and work for wages
c. stay where they are until the Union army gets there
d. rise up and take over the plantations
11. On Jan1, 1863, should Lincoln have freed all the slaves? Why or why not?
BONUS. Of the 4 major documents we have studied � Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights and Emancipation Proclamation � which do you think was the most important and why?