The Emancipation Proclamation — Quiz

Question 1

Before he could issue the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln waited for

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a successful Union military action.

Question 2

Which best describes the earliest battles of the Civil War?

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Union troops were outnumbered, and they usually lost.

Question 3

France and Britain responded to the Emancipation Proclamation by

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refusing to recognize the Confederacy.

Question 4

The outcome of the First Battle of Bull Run

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discouraged the Union and gave the Confederacy confidence.

Question 5

President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after

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the Union’s effectiveness at the Battle of Antietam.

Question 6

The 1862 battle at Antietam put an end to

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the Confederate threat to the Union capital.

Question 7

The Emancipation Proclamation affected the Union’s Civil War efforts by

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increasing the number of troops who could join the Union.

Question 8

The South won every major Civil War battle until

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the Battle of Antietam.

Question 9

Which of these was specifically permitted by the Emancipation Proclamation?

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Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy.

Question 10

As the Civil War began, President Lincoln accepted the belief that

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the Union could be preserved as a mix of free and slave states.

The Emancipation Proclamation — Quiz Answers