4th Grade Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation & Vocab Test U3

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What is the legal end of something called?

Back

Abolition.

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Who first taught Ben to read?

Back

His father.

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True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation was written to free slaves.

Back

True.

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What is a large farm on which people live and work called?

Back

Plantation.

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Why are there no records of the birth or death of Benjamin Holmes?

Back

He died in a rural area long ago, and there was probably no way for anyone to record when it happened.

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What does 'emancipation' mean?

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The act of freeing someone from slavery or oppression.

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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

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An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that freed slaves in the Confederate states.

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What is a plantation?

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A large estate where crops are grown, often using the labor of enslaved people.

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Who was Abraham Lincoln?

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The 16th President of the United States who led the country during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

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What does 'abolition' refer to?

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The movement to end slavery.