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What were President Lincoln's motives in limiting the reach of the Emancipation Proclamation?
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoPresident Lincoln wanted to keep the border states, namely Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware , from joining the Confederacy. These were the slave-states that had remained loyal. Lincoln allowed them to continue slavery for the duration of the war, for fear of upsetting powerful slave-owners and driving them into the arms of the Confederacy.
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What advantages did the Britain gain by limiting westward settlement?
Proclamation of 1763.
What is the purpose of the black code?
the main purpose of the legislation was to stabilize the black workforce by compelling African Americans to work and by limiting their economic options … The laws aimed to replace the social controls of slavery, which had been legally swept away by the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, and to reinstate the substance of the slave system without the legal form.
What was president Jefferson's personal dilemma when purchasing The Louisiana Purchase?
saving money and limiting the size of the govenment
What brought slavery to an end?
The civil war
What do the French and Indian War Pontiac's Uprising and Proclamation of 1763 all have in common?
All three had vital roles in triggering the American Revolution. The Proclamation Line was formed in 1763, limiting English settlement to the original borders of the 13 Colonies. This outraged the colonists, who thought they had earned the right to settle the land England had won from the french in the French and Indian War.
What-Presidential candidate completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories?
Abraham Lincoln completely opposed the spread of slavery to western territories.
What advantages did the Britain gain by limiting westward settlement?
Proclamation of 1763.
Why did the legislature become directly involved in slave emancipation?
limiting the state's free African American population
What was the The British Act of Parliament limiting settlement across the Appalachians in Native American territory called?
The Proclamation of 1763
What is the purpose of the black code?
the main purpose of the legislation was to stabilize the black workforce by compelling African Americans to work and by limiting their economic options … The laws aimed to replace the social controls of slavery, which had been legally swept away by the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, and to reinstate the substance of the slave system without the legal form.
How was FDR president so long?
The 22nd amendment hadn’t been passed limiting the term of the president.
Which president was elected for four terms resulting in an amendment limiting?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Why has no president run for a third term since the 1950's?
It is because congress passed a law limiting a president to 2 terms.
What argument does Hamilton give against limiting the number of times a person may be elected president?
Hamilton argues that by limiting how many time someone can be elected President the Untied States would lack the wisdom of his butt they had put a third one.
The main argument in favor of limiting the President to a single 6-year term is that it would?
free the President from the demands of a second-term campaign.
What was president Jefferson's personal dilemma when purchasing The Louisiana Purchase?
saving money and limiting the size of the govenment
Which president was elected for four terms resulting in an amendment limiting people two terms?
Franklin Roosevelt
