Preservation of Union
Why was preserving the Union considered Abraham Lincoln’s primary goal during the Civil War?
To prevent Southern secession and maintain the United States as a single nation
Issued on January 1, 1863, this declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
The Emancipation Proclamation
This man, a Confederate sympathizer and actor, assassinated Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
The Union’s combined industrial, agricultural, and commercial strength contributed to this.
Economic and industrial strength
This group joined the Union Army in large numbers after the Emancipation Proclamation.
African American men
Lincoln was shot at this theater on April 14, 1865.
Ford’s Theatre
Lincoln relied on this society, established in 1863, to promote loyalty and counter Confederate propaganda.
Loyal Publication Society
What is the amendment inspired by the Emancipation Proclamation that abolished slavery nationwide?
The 13th Amendment
What was the Last Straw for John Wilkes Booth That ultimately led him to decide to assassinate the president.
Confederate Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.
What is the potential outcome if the Confederacy had successfully seceded, splitting North America and disrupting global politics?
The creation of two separate nations in North America, with prolonged slavery in the South
What is the historian Louis P. Masur’s claim about why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
It was primarily a military strategy rather than a moral decision.
Who were the other two people that were attacked the same night of Lincoln's assasination?
Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward
What long-term constitutional and geopolitical consequences did Lincoln believe would follow if the Union failed, and how did this belief shape his wartime decision-making?
If the Union failed, Lincoln believed it would create permanent fragmentation of the United States, weaken constitutional government, invite foreign influence or recognition of breakaway states, and undermine the experiment in republican democracy.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation strategically use wartime executive power to weaken the Confederacy’s economy and military capacity, and what specific mechanisms made it an effective war measure?
Lincoln used his wartime executive authority to target the Confederacy’s labor force by declaring enslaved people in rebel states free, which directly weakened the Southern economy and military.
What two Government roles did Alexander Stephens have?
Confederate States of America Vice President, Later Govenor of Georgia.