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