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The unexpected Northern victory over Lee at Antietam (Sept. '62) gave Lincoln the credibility to 'proclaim' the freedom of Southern slaves, at a time when he had no means of enforcing this.
His purpose had less to do with ending slavery, and more to do with giving the demoralised North a more emotive cause to fight for, and perhaps more urgently, making it impossible for Britain and France to help the Confederates without looking pro-slavery.
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The result of this battle convinced Lincoln that the time had come to end slavery in the South?
The narrow Union victory at Antietam Creek, Maryland gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue his Emancipation Proclamation. With the victory it would not appear to the public to be a desperate war measure to stave of defeat by making the war a moral crusade. Lincoln had already written the draft of the proclamation some months before and he did not need "convincing" that it was the right thing to do.
Lincoln in agreement with the Republican Party had already come out strongly for slavery in many of the territories?
False.
In the battle of Little Bighorn which direction did Custer's troops come?
Fort Lincoln Nebraska.
What was Lincoln two goals as president?
Initially he had one goal: to keep the union intact. Only later did he come to realize slavery needed to be abolished.
At the start of the civil war did Lincoln view the war as an instrument to liberate enslave Africans?
no, first of all Lincoln wanted the confiderate states to come back to the union. That was his mian goal, slavery wasnt as much of a piroity then wanting the united states to come back as a whole.
Was Lincoln an Abolitionist?
Abraham Lincoln was indeed not an abolitionist. Although he signed the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War, the proclamation did not literally free the slaves. He used this to punish the Confederacy of their rebellion.
What was Abraham Lincoln's view of slavery before the civil war?
Lincoln didn't believe in slavery, but was enough of a realist to allow that the southern states should be able to keep their slaves - for mostly economic reasons. He didn't want to see slavery extended to other states or - and this is the subject of the famous "Lincoln-Douglas" debates - to the recently and soon to be settled western states. Of the civil war, Lincoln once said that if he could hold the union together without abolishing slavery, he would do so. Lincoln did believe in slavery but knew it had to end in order to undivide the country and for the sake of the USA Lincoln did not support slavery. He believe the world should come in peace. He thought that slavery was much like killing a person. Lincoln was a slave owner and wanted to send them to central america because he did not believe whites a blacks should live together.
In the movie Lincoln Why does president Lincoln not want the southern peace negotiators to come to Washington dc?
In the movie "Lincoln," President Lincoln is hesitant to allow the southern peace negotiators to come to Washington, D.C., because he fears it might legitimize the Confederacy and suggest that they have equal standing with the Union. He is focused on passing the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery, believing that a strong legislative victory would undermine the Confederates' bargaining power. Lincoln wants to ensure that any negotiations are framed within the context of Union victory and the end of slavery, rather than a peaceful reconciliation that could allow for the continuation of the status quo.
Can you tell me 3 people that were against slavery?
Three easy ones that come to mind would President Abraham Lincoln, and abolitionists Harrier Beecher Stowe and John Brown.
The second foal of endining slavery in the confederacy did not come about until Abraham Lincoln issued the?
the Middle Passage is when the slaves come to the trade routes from West Africa to the Caribbean South Ametica and the Southern. Afriacns as slaves for sale away from their homes.
What war opened up the Civil War?
The civil war was started because Abraham lincoln started supressing slavery which made the south come to the conclusion that he would eventually banish slavery all together. So the south broke off from the union causing the civil war. But if you meant battle than it was Battle of fort Sumter which was basically a confederate siege on the union held Fort sumter of the coast of south Carolina.I havn't studied the civil war in a while so feel free to slap me with the reality if I am wrong In anyway.
Why did slavery come to the US?
Because slavery is super efficient and fun
