How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect the United States economically?

Answer 1

The Emancipation Proclamation had no immediate affect on the confederacy because it applied only in those territories then in rebellion against the United States government. The Us government had no means of enforcing it in those places.

In the long run it did affect the South because it cast the Civil War very clearly as a war against slavery, and thus reduced the ability of the South to get aid from England or France.

Answer 2

It stopped Britain and France from helping the Confederates, because it would have made them look pro-slavery.

It licensed Union troops in their Southern campaigns to free any slaves they came across.

Answer 3

Not directly, because the North was in no position to free the Southern slaves.

But indirectly, it did great damage by turning the war into a crusade against slavery, thereby deterring Britain from either mediating the war or potentially sending military and other supplies.

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Agree with above. The proclamation freed slaves from those areas THAT WERE AT THAT TIME IN REBELLION. Since they were rebelling against the US, they were not obeying laws or proclamations of the US. It was symbolic in nature.

Answer 4

Steadily deprived the Southern farmers of their workforce, as Union troops liberated any slaves they came across.

Made it impossible for free nations abroad to trade with the Confederacy, as it would make them look pro-slavery themselves.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

It stopped Britain and France from helping the Confederates because it made the South look proslavery.