2nd Inaugural
Fredrick Douglas
Emancipation Proclamation
2nd Inaugural Argument
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100

What year did Pres. Lincoln give the 2nd Inaugural Address?

When was 1865?

100

How do slaves feel about the 4th of July?

What is a reminder of the freedom they don't have?

100

What date was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

What is September 22, 1862?

100

What is Lincoln's claim in this speech?

What is he believed the country should heal and rebuild with unity instead of division and revenge after the Civil War?

100

Who were the Confederates and who was the Union?

What is the South (Confederates) and the North (Union)?

200

What percent was the population of the slaves?

what is 1/8?

200

How does Fredrick Douglas start off his speech? 

He starts off by questioning why he's there?

200

Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of the United States during the Civil War?

What is Abraham Lincoln?

200

What was Lincoln's reasoning for giving this speech?

What is because the war has caused suffering on both sides and continuing with hatred and division will cause more damage on both sides?

200

How does Lincoln quote from the Bible to support his call to action?

What is they are all Christians who wordship the same God?

300

True or False: This speech was given before the Civil War.

What is false?

300

What does Fredrick Douglas mean when he says "How can we sing the Lord's song in strange land"

What is how are they supposed to sing the songs of a religion they do not know in a land they do not know when it has been forced upon them?

300

Which states split from the United States to form the Confederate Army?

What is South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas?

300

What evidence does Lincoln provide in his speech to support his claim?

What is God wanted them to strive, they have all lost loved ones in the war, and they have shared guilt in the long war?

300

Who was the former slave that spoke out in 1852?

Who is Fredrick Douglass?

400

What did Pres. Lincoln want everyone to have after the Civil War?

What is peace and rebuild the country?

400

In paragraph one, Fredrick Douglass uses the term "us" more than once. Who is he referring to?

What is the slaves, himself included?

400

What career does Lincoln promise the slaves in exchange for security?

What is the military?

400

What is a general principle most people can agree with in this speech?

What is they all worship the same God, and neither side truly wanted to go to war?

400

How many days after giving the 2nd Inaugural Address did Pres. Lincoln live until he was assassinated?

What is 2 days?

500

Did both the North and South want war? If no, who wanted it and who did not?

What is no; both parties did not want war, but the South was more willing to go to war in order to keep slavery.

500

What Jerusalem city did Douglass reference in his speech?

What is Babylon?

500

How many days does Lincoln give the Confederates as warning before he begins the war?

What is 100 days?

500

What is Lincoln's call to action in paragraph 6?

What is he wants the country to strive in peace and rebuild from the aftermath of the war?

500

What city did Lincoln give the Emancipation Proclamation speech? 

What is Washington DC?

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