The Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on this date:

• September 22, 1862

• January 1, 1863

• July 4, 1862

• December 6, 1865

The Emancipation Proclamation announced what new Union policy:

• A peace treaty with the Confederacy

• The complete and total abolition of the Atlantic slave trade

• A military draft

• Freedom for all slaves in areas of rebellion against the United States

Who convinced Lincoln to refrain from issuing the Proclamation until after the Union Army won a major victory?

• George B. McClellan

• Mary Todd Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• William H. Seward

What battle provided Lincoln with the Union victory he felt was necessary to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Antietam

• The Battle of Bull Run

• The Battle of Fredericksburg

Which of these antislavery policies did Lincoln implement BEFORE issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Federal funding for any state willing to enact a plan of gradual and compensated emancipation

• The abolition of slavery in Washington D.C.

• The abolition of slavery in the western territories

• All of the above

What was Lincoln's constitutional justification for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Under the Commerce Clause, the government had the power to regulate slavery

• As the Commander-in-Chief, Lincoln had the power and responsibility to take measures that were military necessities in the struggle to preserve the Union

• Under the Necessary and Proper Clause, Lincoln could do anything he wanted

• Because slaves were not allowed to speak their minds, slavery violated the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech

The Emancipation Proclamation took effect on this date:

• January 1, 1863

• July 3, 1863

• September 22, 1862

• February 12, 1865

Roughly how many slaves were immediately freed when the Proclamation went into effect?

• 3,000,000

• 50,000

• None

• 120

This Confederate state was exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation:

• Mississippi

• Tennessee

• Virginia

• California

In addition to promising freedom to slaves in rebel-held areas, the Emancipation Proclamation contained what new Union policy?

• The abolition of the interstate slave trade

• African Americans were allowed to serve in the Union Army

• The abolition of slavery in the western territories

• All of the above