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Q: Did the emancipation proclamation live up to its name?
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Abolitionist who abolished slavery?

Emancipation Proclamation, look it up.


What did the emancipation proclamation end in the confederacy in the confederacy?

nothing. Lincoln had no control over the confederacy. the proclamation ended slavery in the north but their were no slaves up there.


What does the final Emancipation Proclamation do that the preliminary proclamation did not do?

The prelim. proclamation was a threat to the Confederate states to end slavery in their territory if they did not stop fighting after 100 days. The final proclamation was given after the 100 days were up and ended slavery ONLY in states that were in rebellion with the Union.


Did the south free its slaves before the emancipation proclamation?

No, they had no motive to do so. The Proclamation gave each state three months to give up slavery and join the Union. But none of them did. It was the Union troops who liberated the slaves.


How did reactions to emancipation proclamation differ?

At first when Lincoln announced the Emancipation proclamation he said that only the slaves of the Rebel states were to be set free. (this was a war tactic. The border states still had slaves and they were crucial for the defeat of the North.). Up until this point the main goal of the war was to preserve the union. Many people, especially the New York Irish that didn't need more people to compete with for jobs, had riots and demonstrated there disapproval of the Emancipation Proclamation all Irish. I have nothing against Irish it's just that there was an abundance of hard working Irish immigrants at this time.) The abolitionists, however, approved of the Emancipation Proclamation.


What was the immidiate effect of the emancipation proclamation?

Britain and France had to give up their plans to support the Confederates - it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.


How did northern Democrats feel about Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?

They did not want to give up there slaves.( I don't know much, but I'm an 8th grader, so..)


What would have happened if Lincoln hadn't issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

By the time it was issued, most notherners had lost the will to fight. If it had not been issued, the north would have just pretty much given up. The proclamation gave a reason to fight.


How did reactions to the Emancipation differ?

At first when Lincoln announced the Emancipation proclamation he said that only the slaves of the Rebel states were to be set free. (this was a war tactic. The border states still had slaves and they were crucial for the defeat of the North.). Up until this point the main goal of the war was to preserve the union. Many people, especially the New York Irish that didn't need more people to compete with for jobs, had riots and demonstrated there disapproval of the Emancipation Proclamation all Irish. I have nothing against Irish it's just that there was an abundance of hard working Irish immigrants at this time.) The abolitionists, however, approved of the Emancipation Proclamation.


How did reactions to the Emancipations proclamation differ?

At first when Lincoln announced the Emancipation proclamation he said that only the slaves of the Rebel states were to be set free. (this was a war tactic. The border states still had slaves and they were crucial for the defeat of the North.). Up until this point the main goal of the war was to preserve the union. Many people, especially the New York Irish that didn't need more people to compete with for jobs, had riots and demonstrated there disapproval of the Emancipation Proclamation all Irish. I have nothing against Irish it's just that there was an abundance of hard working Irish immigrants at this time.) The abolitionists, however, approved of the Emancipation Proclamation.


What freed slaves in rebelling states?

The Emancipation Proclaimation freed the slaves. Abraham Lincoln wrote this document to free the confederate slaves.The 13 Amendment.


How did Booker t Washington get out of slavery?

Booker T. Washington and his family were freed by Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. He later wrote about it in his famous book "Up From Slavery."