Civil War: Emancipation

Read the quote from Abraham Lincoln below.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The “house” that Lincoln mentions is a reference to

• the federal government.

• the Northern slave trade

• freed enslaved people.

• Kansas and Nebraska.

A major result of the Emancipation Proclamation was that

• it brought an end to the war.

• it gave enslaved people their freedom.

• it provided the Union with a larger army.

• it brought border states into the fight.

Following the Emancipation Proclamation, which of the following constitutional amendments formally ended slavery?

• the First Amendment

• the Fifth Amendment

• the Eighth Amendment

• the Thirteenth Amendment

African Americans contributed to the Union war effort on the home front by working as

• cooks and sharecroppers.

• businessmen and surgeons.

• carpenters and shopkeepers.

• carpenters and surgeons.

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the North’s main goal in the Civil War was to

• end slavery.

• form an alliance with Europe.

• end the Union.

• add border states.

In 1862, Congress passed a law that stated

• African Americans had to join the military to gain their freedom.

• African Americans could enlist in the military.

• freed African Americans had to serve in the military.

• African Americans could not enlist in the military.

When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he told the South that he

• wanted to end the Union.

• wanted to end slavery.

• did not want it in the Union.

• did not want to end slavery.

President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

• after the Battle of Antietam.

• as part of his inaugural address.

• after the Thirteenth Amendment passed.

• before the South seceded.

President Lincoln waited for which of the following before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• new states to join the Union

• the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment

• a successful Confederate military action

• a successful Union military action

The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation stated that Southern states could keep slavery if

• they ended the war.

• they rejoined the Union.

• they gave rights to enslaved people.

• they did not expand slavery.