Good subject for a quiz, and good quiz too!

Great Quiz, I did horrible, but was educated!

Excellent Quiz... i was hoping you would make a mistake so I could get points... lol jk
but you didnt! good job!!!

The irony is the proclamation did not free anyone, because the Confederacy did not recognize the union as bieng in power of its affairs, and the so called border states werent included, so they would not join the Confederacy, which they did anyway.

The border states did not join the confederacy...that's why they were named border states...Kentucky, maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and West Virginia (1863) were slave states but never joined the confederacy

Kentucky: Kentucky did not secede, but a faction known as the Russellville Convention formed a Confederate government of Kentucky which was recognized by the Confederate States of America as a member state. Kentucky was represented by the central star on the Confederate battle flag.

Maryland: The Maryland Legislature rejected secession in 1861, Governor Hicks voted against it.

Delaware: Both houses of Delaware's General Assembly rejected secession overwhelmingly, the House of Representatives unanimously.

Missouri: The Missouri Constitutional Convention voted to remain within the Union, but rejected coercion of the Southern States by the United States.

-Citation: Wikipedia

Thought you would want to know

West Virginia was not a State until June of 1863, And Maryland was quickly occupied by federal troops and placed under marshal law soon after the fighting started, and remained occupied until the end of the war in 1865.

Agh! I spelled Gettysburg with an "e" instead of "u". Oh well. I got 7/10 which isn't bad for a history test.

With all that being said, it still remains ironic that the Emancipation Proclamation did not free anyone, nor did Lincoln or the Union Army. Congress freed the slaves with the passage of the 13th amendment, helped by the absence of the Confederate states representation!

I hate it when I misspell stuff and gives me the wrong answer! Good quiz and I got a B- and would've got a B if I'd of spelled Gettysburg correctly!

i failed. =(
but i got the last one right!

5/10 Would someone please explain in what manner the Gettysburg Address references (even obliquely) the Emancipation Proclamation!! The first line of the Gettysburg Address does reference the Declaration of Independence. In 1863, "Four score and seven years ago...." clearly references 1776. The accepted year of the Declaration of Independence. Is this revisionist history???

9/10 To cacepc: He referenced the fact that the Emancipation Proclamation was set forth to try to bring the confederate states back into the United States.