Primary Sources: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Then answer the questions below.

Last updated 11 months ago

3 questions

Note from the author:

Read the passage Primary Sources: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Then answer the questions below.

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Read the passage Primary Sources: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. What is the MOST relevant context from that time for understanding this document?

Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860.

The American Civil War between North and South began in 1861.

Construction on the transcontinental railroad across America began in 1863.

The British Empire abolished slavery in 1833.

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Question 2

Newly freed people should take up arms against the people who enslaved them.

All enslaved people in places that rebelled against the United States would be free.

Newly freed people could join the United States Army during the war.

All enslaved people throughout the United States would be free. 

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Question 3

Question 1

Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860.

The American Civil War between North and South began in 1861.

Construction on the transcontinental railroad across America began in 1863.

The British Empire abolished slavery in 1833.

Question 2

Newly freed people should take up arms against the people who enslaved them.

All enslaved people in places that rebelled against the United States would be free.

Newly freed people could join the United States Army during the war.

All enslaved people throughout the United States would be free. 

Question 3