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Prereading Quiz: “‘Forever Free’”
Before you read “‘Forever Free,’” take this five-question quiz to find out how much you already know.
When did the Civil War begin?
1787
1861
1865
The Civil War began in 1861, when Confederate troops opened fire at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The conflict between the Union and the Confederacy lasted four years.
Who was the U.S. president during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in November 1860 and served from March 4, 1861, until he was shot and killed in April 1865.
Which of these words means “to free a person from someone else’s control or power”?
emancipate
ratify
secede
Emancipate means “to free a person from someone else’s control or power.”
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation said all enslaved people in the United States were free.
True
False
The Emancipation Proclamation said only enslaved people in the 11 states that had left the Union and formed the Confederacy were free. Slavery was not outlawed across the entire country until the 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865.
Which of these states was a border state that remained in the Union but allowed slavery during the Civil War?
Kansas
Missouri
Virginia
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware were the border states that remained in the Union but allowed slavery. West Virginia also did when it was admitted into the Union in 1863.