[ 509 ] U.S. History GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • U.S. President Woodrow Wilson called the war one “to make the world safe for democracy.” Based on the map and this quotation, what conclusion can be drawn? a. Communist Russia was a threat to democracy in 1917. b. In 1917, Italy had become a fascist state that threatened democracy. c. Spain did not have a representative government in 1917. d. Germany and Austria-Hungary were not democracies in 1917. Read the passage and answer the following three questions. In January 1863, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed more than three million slaves who lived in the Confederate states. Lincoln stated: “And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free and abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.” Source: HistoryCentral.com. According to the passage, which of the following was NOT one of Lincoln’s expectations for the former slaves? a. to fight for the Union army b. to become free citizens c. to join the paid workforce d. to incite a rebellion among slaves in states that were loyal to the Union