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Contrary to popular belief, the Emancipation Proclamation's goal was not really to free slaves. It stated that all slaves in the 10 rebelling states were free. You see the problem here? With no control over the Confederacy, the Emancipation Proclamation had little effect on the slaves in the South. The Proclamation made freeing slaves an explicit goal of the Union war effort, and was a step towards outlawing slavery and conferring full citizenship upon ex-slaves.
Antietam was the first major battle fought on Union soil that forced General Lees army to retreat back south of the Potomac River. It was the bloodiest one battle in American history. It gave President Lincoln the confidence to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.
False, he issued it in the Fall of 1862 after the Union victory at Antietam. An additional point is that the Emancipation Proclamation did not "free the slaves". All the document did was to "free the slaves" in the states in rebellion. While to many this may seem to be one in the same, it is actually not. There were still three slave states in the Union during the course of the war. In the context of the proclamation, the Confederate campaign that was halted at Antietam was called the Maryland Campaign. It was the Confederate goal to bring the slave state of Maryland into the Confederacy.
yes it was a turning point in the rovouloutinary war
Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky. Lincoln was worried that forcing them to release their slaves at this point might cause them to leave the Union and join the Confederacy.
The Emancipation Proclamation became a turning point in the Civil War because it gave the North what it wanted. The North wanted to free the slaves and do away with slavery.
The Emancipation Proclamation, because it stopped Britain and France from sending miitary aid to the Confederates.
Contrary to popular belief, the Emancipation Proclamation's goal was not really to free slaves. It stated that all slaves in the 10 rebelling states were free. You see the problem here? With no control over the Confederacy, the Emancipation Proclamation had little effect on the slaves in the South. The Proclamation made freeing slaves an explicit goal of the Union war effort, and was a step towards outlawing slavery and conferring full citizenship upon ex-slaves.
The Battle of Antietam was very important to the Emancipation Proclamation because it was the final battle of the Civil War. The treaty was signed at Antietam Courthouse and the Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves free, which was the whole point in the Civil War.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. He favored paying slaveholder for their loses and to restore the Union. All slaves in the Rebel states would be "forever free".
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. He favored paying slaveholder for their loses and to restore the Union. All slaves in the Rebel states would be "forever free".
It kept Britain and France from aiding the Confederates - it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.
The unexpected Northern victory at Antietam (Sharpsburg). It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which put a moral spin on the war, and made it ethically impossible for Britain and France to aid the Confederates.
At the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) in September 1862. This unexpected Northern victory enabled Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it look like a desperate gesture. By turning the war officially into a crusade against slavery, he made it politically impossible for Britain to support rhe Confederates, which they had been on the point of doing.
The Emancipation Proclamation was considered a success and a failure; It all depends on your point of view, the North (Union) sided with Lincoln, and call it a success, and that it told the South (Confederate) that the idea of slavery was wrong. If you were on the Confederate, you would have hated that he sided with the Union, but the real answer is still controversial, in the respect of opinion, but the Emancipation Proclamation was one of the documents that caused all of the friction and tension that eventually led into the Civil War.
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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.