Quiz Me! - Documents/Cases: Civil War and Reconstruction Test your knowledge about documents and Supreme Court cases in the Civil War and Reconstruction era! 1 / 4 Which of the following are TRUE regarding the Gettysburg Address? It was written by Jefferson Davis It was made after Union forces lost at the Battle of Gettysburg ALL of the above It transformed the meaning of the Civil War to include states’ rights NONE of the above 2 / 4 In what speech did Abraham Lincoln state, “...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”? His Second Inaugural Address His First Inaugural Address The Emancipation Proclamation The Gettysburg Address 3 / 4 What document declared slaves in rebelling states to be “forever free”? Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address The Emancipation Proclamation The Constitution of the Confederate States of America The Gettysburg Address 4 / 4 When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he… freed all slaves did so as a war measure as Commander in Chief encouraged Britain to abolish slavery believed he had constitutional authority to do so Your score is Try another 10!
