Chapter 13

Quiz for Document 13-4: Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and Jefferson Davis, President’s Message (1863)

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Question 1

Why does Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation specifically delineate which states were in rebellion against the United States and which were not?A. He preserves slavery in the loyal border states, banning it only in the Confederacy.
B. Lincoln wants to be sure that all slaves would understand that the Emancipation Proclamation freed them.
C. He wants to be clear that the Emancipation Proclamation punishes only rebel slave owners.
D. Lincoln wants to demonstrate that he never intended to ban slavery in the United States.

Question 2

In his response to the Emancipation Proclamation, Jefferson Davis writes, “So far as regards the action of this Government on such criminals as may attempt its execution I confine myself to informing you that I shall unless in your wisdom you deem some other course more expedient deliver to the several State authorities all commissioned officers of the United States that may hereafter be captured by our forces in any of the States embraced in the proclamation that they may be dealt with in accordance with the laws of those States providing for the punishment of criminals engaged in exciting servile insurrection.” With these words, Davis is threatening that he wouldA. regard all slaves who left their plantations as criminals who were fomenting a slave rebellion.
B. direct his soldiers to kill any escaped slaves who attempted to join the ranks of the U.S. army.
C. treat any captured Union officer as if he were a criminal engaged in exciting a slave revolt.
D. leave it up to the Confederate states to decide how to treat slaves who claimed to be free.

Question 3

Lincoln justifies the Emancipation Proclamation as an act of justice and as aA. financial expediency.
B. military necessity.
C. moral imperative.
D. political expediency.

Question 4

Which of the following contributions to the Union war effort did the Proclamation call upon freedmen to make?A. Accept jobs in Northern munitions factories
B. Join the armed forces of the United States
C. Kill plantation owners
D. Produce cotton for the Northern economy

Question 5

In his letter to the Confederate Congress, how does Davis describe enslaved African Americans?A. Brave fighters and potential Confederate soldiers
B. Foreign elements and not to be trusted
C. Racially inferior and contented to be enslaved
D. Mischievous and a public danger