Quiz Me! - Documents/Cases: Civil War and Reconstruction Test your knowledge about documents and Supreme Court cases in the Civil War and Reconstruction era! 1 / 4 When Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he… encouraged Britain to abolish slavery freed all slaves believed he had constitutional authority to do so did so as a war measure as Commander in Chief 2 / 4 What document declared slaves in rebelling states to be “forever free”? The Gettysburg Address The Emancipation Proclamation The Constitution of the Confederate States of America Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address 3 / 4 In what speech did Abraham Lincoln state, “...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”? His First Inaugural Address The Gettysburg Address The Emancipation Proclamation His Second Inaugural Address 4 / 4 Which of the following are TRUE regarding the Gettysburg Address? It transformed the meaning of the Civil War to include states’ rights NONE of the above It was made after Union forces lost at the Battle of Gettysburg It was written by Jefferson Davis ALL of the above Your score is Try another 10!