[ 559 ] U.S. History GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • In order to finance the American Revolution, the Continental Congress issued paper money that became known as Continentals. During the war, this currency was referred to by colonists in the popular phrase “worthless as a Continental,” which meant that a. they considered Continentals to be priceless. b. they could not use Continentals as money. c. Continentals would regain their value at the end of the war. d. Continentals would become a sought-after collectible. On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln declared: “That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.” The primary motivation for the president in this statement, whose core ideas were finalized a few months later in the Emancipation Proclamation, was most likely a. moral outrage at the dehumanization of slavery. b. to increase the chances of the Union winning the Civil War. c. to confirm his legacy as one of our greatest presidents. d. the need to recruit former slaves into armed forces.