President Abraham Lincoln's Effort to End Slavery

Who was the 16th president of the United States?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• George W. Bush

• Donald Trump

The Emancipation Proclamation ___________________ .

• made slavery legal

• began slavery

• ended slavery in the Confederate states

• ended slavery only in the North

Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

• Ulysses S. Grant

The problem that Lincoln saw with the Emancipation Proclamation was that it could potentially be reversed after the end of the Civil War, if leaders viewed it as only a wartime measure. How did Lincoln attempt to solve this problem?

• Lincoln declared all slaves in the border states free.

• Lincoln tried to acquire more legal rights as president.

• Lincoln invited Congressmen to the White House.

• Lincoln pressed to pass the 13th Amendment.

Lincoln helped to permanently end slavery in America by pushing Congress to pass which Amendment?

• the 10th Amendment

• the 11th Amendment

• the 12th Amendment

• the 13th Amendment

It is difficult to change the Constitution of the United States. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?

• Two thirds of both the Senate and the House must vote for the change, then three quarters of the states must approve it.

• The 13th Amendment to the Constitution states that, “Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”

• A change to the United States Constitution is called a Constitutional Amendment. The 13th Amendment was the 13th change made to the Constitution.

• Lincoln believed he had the legal right, given to the president by the Constitution in times of war, to take action necessary to defeat the rebels.

What did the 13th Amendment say?

• Slavery was illegal/not allowed.

• All people are citizens of the United States

• All men in the United States can vote.

An amendment is ___________ to the Constitution.

• a damage

• a change

• an injury

• a harm