4B Article #7: Emancipation Proclamation

According to the passage, what was the main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To end the Civil War immediately

• To free enslaved people in the rebellious states of the Confederacy

• To punish the Union states

• To create new states

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Who was the President of the United States who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

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Fill in the blank: The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, ____ by President Abraham Lincoln.

• 1863

• 1861

• 1865

• 1870

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True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved people in the United States immediately.

• True

• False

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According to the Emancipation Proclamation, what were the freed people encouraged to do?

• Leave the country

• Join the Confederate Army

• Abstain from violence unless in self-defense and labor faithfully for reasonable wages

• Return to slavery

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