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The border states were not against slavery, so when the emancipation proclamation comes in, they might have decided to join the confederate states
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Why did President Lincoln feel that the Emancipation Proclamation was necessary?
Privately, Lincoln always supported abolition, but he felt that he had to be slow about introducing it to the country for it to be accepted. His original political position was Containment, preventing the spread of slavery from the southern states. Once the war broke out, Lincoln devised the Emancipation Proclamation to lure the Southern states back into the Union, and to prevent foreign nations from forming an alliance with the Confederacy. In the event, the rebel states remained intractable, but the foreign powers remained neutral. With the above thoughts in mind, US President Lincoln had already made his personal view about slavery well known. Especially in the 1858 debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas. It was only later in the Summer of 1862, did Lincoln begin his drafts on the preliminary emancipation proclamation. This was due to the fact that the war was not rapidly moving in the direction that Lincoln had hoped for. France and England continued to trade and supply the South irregardless of the proclamation. Basically, in Lincoln's mind the proclamation would be a war measure. And, even more radical Republicans in his cabinet advised Lincoln not to issue it for fear of how the slave holding border states might react.
Why did members of President Lincolns cabinet urge him to wait for before announcing the emancipation of Southern slaves with the understanding of what it would do and could not do?
Up President Lincoln and his first version of an emancipation proclamation began in June of 1862. When he presented his ideas on the proclamation to his cabinet, he received varied opinions. Montgomery Blair believed that an emancipation, who came from a family of slave owners, objected on the grounds it that it might influence the border states to join the Confederacy.Attorney General Bates was also a border state politician and agreed with Lincoln as long as the emancipation made White privilege was maintained, and compulsory resettlement of Blacks outside of US borders was made clear.Secretary of War, Stanton supported the emancipation, even though he was a Democrat and shared his party's distaste for abolition and racial equality.Secretary of the Navy, Welles favored the emancipation on the grounds that if the North did not make use of the slaves, the South would.Secretary of State Seward favored the emancipation but urged a delay in order to have a broader view of its implications.Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase was a radical Republican, yet he questioned the president's constitutional authority to make such a proclamation and he feared that race riots and revolts would cause chaos and danger to the nation.
Have historians overemphasized slavery as a cause of the US Civil War?
In a manner of speaking historians have placed slavery and the end of slavery, into a larger and more important reason for the US Civil War. When they have, they often times fail to place it in its proper prospective. They tend to give Northerns a more "anti-slavery" view than what actually happened. With that said, perhaps the largest distortion is present with the Emancipation Proclamation. They fail to note the role of it as a war measure, and tend to understate the slavery that was present in the border states.
What was Lincoln's view of slavery?
Despite the insistence of the Southern Secessionists, Abraham Lincoln was not an abolitionist. He abhorred the institution of slavery, but since it was protected by the Constitution of the United States, he had no intention of trying to end it. During his debates with Stephen Douglas, he confessed to not wanting to bring about the equality of the black and white races. If freed, he was in favor of the former slaves being sent to another country, and not being allowed to remain in the United States. His emancipation of the slaves (which did not apply to the Border States), was a political move, aimed at undermining the Confederacy, rather than an act of social conscience.
Why did some northerners who were not opposed to slavery in the south want to keep it out of northern states and territories?
Because they said it was wrong, and they said that slavery cannot expand or it would wither or die. They wanted to stop the further spread of the slavery and this is the reason the war started over some racial equality.
Can you briefly explain why the emancipation proclamation supports the view that Lincoln was one of the most democratic and also one of the most autocratic presidents?
The idea of the Emancipation Proclamation was born as a measure to break the resistance of the Confederacy. It therefore touched slightly the limits of costitutionality, giving the impression of Lincoln's autocracy. But the reactions the Proclamation triggered among the public opinion in Europe and those of the common people in the United States were all in favour of an alleged Lincoln's democratic tendency.
Was the Emancipation Proclamation a success or a failure and why?
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.
Why did President Lincoln feel that the Emancipation Proclamation was necessary?
Privately, Lincoln always supported abolition, but he felt that he had to be slow about introducing it to the country for it to be accepted. His original political position was Containment, preventing the spread of slavery from the southern states. Once the war broke out, Lincoln devised the Emancipation Proclamation to lure the Southern states back into the Union, and to prevent foreign nations from forming an alliance with the Confederacy. In the event, the rebel states remained intractable, but the foreign powers remained neutral. With the above thoughts in mind, US President Lincoln had already made his personal view about slavery well known. Especially in the 1858 debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas. It was only later in the Summer of 1862, did Lincoln begin his drafts on the preliminary emancipation proclamation. This was due to the fact that the war was not rapidly moving in the direction that Lincoln had hoped for. France and England continued to trade and supply the South irregardless of the proclamation. Basically, in Lincoln's mind the proclamation would be a war measure. And, even more radical Republicans in his cabinet advised Lincoln not to issue it for fear of how the slave holding border states might react.
Why did members of President Lincolns cabinet urge him to wait for before announcing the emancipation of Southern slaves with the understanding of what it would do and could not do?
Up President Lincoln and his first version of an emancipation proclamation began in June of 1862. When he presented his ideas on the proclamation to his cabinet, he received varied opinions. Montgomery Blair believed that an emancipation, who came from a family of slave owners, objected on the grounds it that it might influence the border states to join the Confederacy.Attorney General Bates was also a border state politician and agreed with Lincoln as long as the emancipation made White privilege was maintained, and compulsory resettlement of Blacks outside of US borders was made clear.Secretary of War, Stanton supported the emancipation, even though he was a Democrat and shared his party's distaste for abolition and racial equality.Secretary of the Navy, Welles favored the emancipation on the grounds that if the North did not make use of the slaves, the South would.Secretary of State Seward favored the emancipation but urged a delay in order to have a broader view of its implications.Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase was a radical Republican, yet he questioned the president's constitutional authority to make such a proclamation and he feared that race riots and revolts would cause chaos and danger to the nation.
Why did the president Lincoln feel that the emancipation was necessary?
Privately, Lincoln always supported abolition, but he felt that he had to be slow about introducing it to the country for it to be accepted. His original political position was Containment, preventing the spread of slavery from the southern states. Once the war broke out, Lincoln devised the Emancipation Proclamation to lure the Southern states back into the Union, and to prevent foreign nations from forming an alliance with the Confederacy. In the event, the rebel states remained intractable, but the foreign powers remained neutral. With the above thoughts in mind, US President Lincoln had already made his personal view about slavery well known. Especially in the 1858 debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas. It was only later in the Summer of 1862, did Lincoln begin his drafts on the preliminary emancipation proclamation. This was due to the fact that the war was not rapidly moving in the direction that Lincoln had hoped for. France and England continued to trade and supply the South irregardless of the proclamation. Basically, in Lincoln's mind the proclamation would be a war measure. And, even more radical Republicans in his cabinet advised Lincoln not to issue it for fear of how the slave holding border states might react.
Why did the president Lincoln feel that the emancipation was necessary!?
Privately, Lincoln always supported abolition, but he felt that he had to be slow about introducing it to the country for it to be accepted. His original political position was Containment, preventing the spread of slavery from the southern states. Once the war broke out, Lincoln devised the Emancipation Proclamation to lure the Southern states back into the Union, and to prevent foreign nations from forming an alliance with the Confederacy. In the event, the rebel states remained intractable, but the foreign powers remained neutral. With the above thoughts in mind, US President Lincoln had already made his personal view about slavery well known. Especially in the 1858 debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas. It was only later in the Summer of 1862, did Lincoln begin his drafts on the preliminary emancipation proclamation. This was due to the fact that the war was not rapidly moving in the direction that Lincoln had hoped for. France and England continued to trade and supply the South irregardless of the proclamation. Basically, in Lincoln's mind the proclamation would be a war measure. And, even more radical Republicans in his cabinet advised Lincoln not to issue it for fear of how the slave holding border states might react.
Why did they fight north view?
The North's objective was, first, to restore the Union. After Antietam when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery arose as an important secondary goal.
Why was it important for Lincoln to think about all points of view before deciding to write the Emancipation Proclamation?
it was important to think about it because he didn't want a conflict and he wanted to include everybodies vote.
Radical Republicans view on the south after the war?
the south did not like it. states like New York and the border of Missouri were hostile to the north.
What did Lincoln proclamation gave a moral purpose to the US Civil War?
The Emancipation Proclamation. It did not greatly alter people's moral view of the war. But it did have the effect of keeping Britain and France from aiding the Confederates - it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.
What were the patriot point of view of the proclamation of 1763?
they wanted to kill the king over it
What general established the unions first official policy towards southern slaves in 1862?
The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation seemed to be US President' Lincoln's position on the final view of slavery in the US. But it was a war measure meant to help the Union war effort. Most Americans in the North were not sure exactly what happen when the Preliminary Proclamation was made. There was no groundswell of anti-slavery sentiment in the North in 1862.
