january 31 emancipation proclamation civil war

Look at page 25 (last paragraph). What happened on On January 1, 1863?

• President Lincoln signed the Manifest Destiny Proclamation.

• President Lincoln signed the Declaration of Independence.

• President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

• President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Productions.

Look at page 25's vocabulary box. __________ is the act of setting or being set free. What is this word?

• amazing

• emancipation

• harmony

• enduring

Look at the last paragraph of page 25. How long did went by before the residents of Texas finally learned that slavery was abolished?

• more than 12 years

• more than 2 years

• more than 3 years

• more than 22 years

Look at the last paragraph of page 25. What is the date when Freedom arrived for the enslaved and when the Union troops marched into Galveston?

• June 29, 1865

• June 19, 1860

• June 19, 1865

• June 19, 1866

In what year did “Juneteenth” become a national holiday in the United States? Type the 4 digit number for the year. (Last paragraph of page 25)

(a)  

Look at the first paragraph of page 26. These people were excited & proud about the Emancipation Proclamation, EXCEPT----

• Confederate Soldiers

• Abraham Lincoln

• Black Americans

• abolitionists

Look at the first paragraph of page 26. Who did Lincoln need for the Union to win the war?

• George Washington

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

• Harriet Tubman

Look at page 27 first paragraph

Type the 3 letter last name of the general who was in charge of the Confederacy’s largest army. His first name is Robert and his last name is (a)   . USE CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY TO TYPE.

Look at page 27 (first paragraph). What area or Confederate capital did General Grant need to capture so he could win the war?

• Bloomberg, Virginia

• Richland, Virginia

• Richman, Virginia

• Richmond, Virginia

Look at page 27 (second paragraph). Type the 4-digit year for the date in April the 9th wherein Robert E. Lee surrendered this Confederate capital/city to Grant.

(a)