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