Abraham Lincoln
How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
6 foot 4 inches
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1863
What year did Abraham Lincoln become president?
1861
"All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever _____."
free
The Emancipation Proclamation announced what new Union policy?
Freedom for all slaves in areas in rebellion against the United States
What state was Abraham Lincoln born in?
Kentucky
What month was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
January
When did Abraham Lincoln die?
April 15, 1865
"...order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively, are this day in ___ against the United States.."
rebellion
What antislavery policies did Lincoln implement BEFORE issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?
- Abolition in the west & D.C.
- Federal funding for any state that complies
How old was Abraham Lincoln when he delivered the Emancipation Proclamation?
54 years old
What day was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
The FIRST of January
What year was the Missouri compromise passed?
1820
"And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all ___, unless in necessary self-defense."
violence
This Confederate state was exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation:
Tennessee
How old was Abraham Lincoln when he died?
56 years old
What date did Abraham Lincoln deliver the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation?
September 2, 1862
What year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?
1854
"And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of ___."
justice
In addition to promising freedom to slaves in rebel-held areas, the Emancipation Proclamation contained what new Union policy?
African Americans were allowed to serve in the Union Army.
Who did Abraham Lincoln marry?
Marry Todd Lincoln
When was Abraham Lincoln born?
February 12, 1809
What year was the Antietam War?
1862
"And the Executive Government of the United States, including the ___ and ___ authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons"
military & naval
What was Lincoln's constitutional justification for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?
As commander-in-chief, Lincoln had the power and responsibility to take measures that were military necessities in the struggle to preserve the Union