[ 511 ] U.S. History GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Based on the values expressed in the Emancipation Proclamation, which of the following groups would have DISAPPROVED of it? a. nations like Great Britain and France where there was strong anti-slavery sentiment b. Confederate leaders c. abolitionists d. Union armed forces Which of the following is the most likely reason that Lincoln did not emancipate all slaves? a. Lincoln did not want to appease radical abolitionist groups. b. He believed slavery was an economic necessity. c. He did not want to upset the slaveholding states that were loyal to the Union—Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. d. Lincoln did not believe that the complete abolition of slavery was possible.