Quiz Me! - Documents/Cases: Civil War and ReconstructionTest your knowledge about documents and Supreme Court cases in the Civil War and Reconstruction era! 1 / 4When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he… encouraged Britain to abolish slavery believed he had constitutional authority to do so did so as a war measure as Commander in Chief freed all slaves 2 / 4In 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”? The Gettysburg Address The Emancipation Proclamation His Second Inaugural Address His First Inaugural Address 3 / 4What document declared slaves in rebelling states to be “forever free”? Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address The Constitution of the Confederate States of America The Gettysburg Address The Emancipation Proclamation 4 / 4Which of the following are TRUE regarding the Gettysburg Address? NONE of the above ALL of the above It was made after Union forces lost at the Battle of Gettysburg It transformed the meaning of the Civil War to include states’ rights It was written by Jefferson Davis Your score is Try another 10!
