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Which event led to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Which event led to the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
- The secession of Southern states
- The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
- The American Civil War (correct)
- The anti-draft riots in New York City
What was the primary reason for the Southern states' economies being built around cash crops?
What was the primary reason for the Southern states' economies being built around cash crops?
- The demand for cash crops in Europe
- The labor provided by black slaves (correct)
- The abundance of fertile land
- The influence of European colonizers
What was the core issue believed by many Union soldiers during the Civil War?
What was the core issue believed by many Union soldiers during the Civil War?
- The Southerners' right to raise rebellion
- The rights of black slaves
- The importance of preserving the Union (correct)
- The need to abolish slavery
What did the Emancipation Proclamation provide the first legal framework for?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation provide the first legal framework for?
What was the significance of the anti-draft riots in New York City in 1863?
What was the significance of the anti-draft riots in New York City in 1863?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation pave the way for?
What did the Emancipation Proclamation pave the way for?
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Which proclamation was issued by the President of the United States on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three?
Which proclamation was issued by the President of the United States on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three?
Which states were designated as being in rebellion against the United States in the aforementioned proclamation?
Which states were designated as being in rebellion against the United States in the aforementioned proclamation?
What was the purpose of the proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln?
What was the purpose of the proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln?
Which parts of Louisiana were not included in the proclamation?
Which parts of Louisiana were not included in the proclamation?
What did President Lincoln enjoin upon the newly declared free people?
What did President Lincoln enjoin upon the newly declared free people?
What did President Lincoln recommend to the newly declared free people?
What did President Lincoln recommend to the newly declared free people?
What did President Lincoln declare about the persons held as slaves within the designated States?
What did President Lincoln declare about the persons held as slaves within the designated States?
What did President Lincoln invoke in the proclamation?
What did President Lincoln invoke in the proclamation?
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