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It was the unexpected Northern win at Antietam that enabled Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it look like a desperate measure.

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Which Civil War battle led President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves in the Confederate states?

Antietam


Why did Lincoln issue the emancipation do?

To Free the Slaves


Who urged Lincoln to free slaves as a morale issue?

Fredrick Douglas urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a Moral Issue, but it raised morale as well.


What did Lincoln issue to free slaves?

The Emancipation Proclamation


What did the Battle of Antietam allow Lincoln to do?

After, it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation


How did Frederick Douglas change his country government?

He worked with Abraham Lincoln on the issue of freeing slaves during the Civil War.


How did Frederick Douglass change his country's government?

He worked with Abraham Lincoln on the issue of freeing slaves during the Civil War.


Which cicil war battle led president Lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation to free the slaves in the confederate states?

Antietam. This was the Union win that gace him the credibility to issue the Proclamation without making it look like a desperate appeal.


The Emancipation Proclamation was given after which battle?

Antietam, the first major battle where Lee was defeated. It allowed Lincoln to make the proclamation from a position of strength, and not as a desperate measure.


Why did Abraham lincoln make slavery's expansion the central issue of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

Because he Wanted there to be no more slaves


What did president lincoln issue in 1863 that declared all slaves to be free?

The Emancipation Proclomation.


Who urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a war tactic as well a moral issue?

Fredrick Douglass