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He made an issue of just about anything that would help him win it. For the first year or so he was hesitant about adopting emancipation as a war measure, since this might alienate the Border Slave Stattes, and foreclose any hope of the South returning voluntarily to the Union. By summer 1862, the Border States were powerless to secede, and all hope of peaceful reunion long gone, so Lincoln went ahead with emancipation.
What else can I help you with?
What does Lincoln see as the main issue of the civil war?
Slavery
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.
Who worked as an enlistment officer during the Civil War and encourage President Lincoln to make Emancipation an issue in the Civil War?
Frederick Douglass, the noted African American abolitionist from Maryland both encouraged President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and spent most of the Civil War raising "Colored" volunteer regiments to fight for the Union.
What battle Lincoln issue the emancipation proclamtion after?
Antietam (Sharpsburg). It was the unexpected Northern Victory that gave Lincoln the credibility to make the proclamation without making it sound like a desperate war-measure.
At what stage during the civil war did Lincoln issue the emancipation proclamation?
The end
When did Lincoln finally issue the emancipation proclamation?
At the end of the civil war. (1865)
What were the congressional republicans who opposed Lincoln's handlinsh of the war and the slavery issue called?
Copperheads.Congressional republicans who opposed Lincoln's handling of the war and the slavery issue were called radicals. Those that were willing to have peace at any price were called copperheads.
Why did Lincoln not make an issue over slavery when war broke out?
Partly because the war was not directly about Abolition. And partly because he needed to stay friendly with the four slave-states that had not joined the Confederacy.
What was an important issue when Lincoln ran for office?
I'm pretty sure it was the civil war.
Who urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a war tactic as well as a moral issue?
Fredrick Douglass
Who urged Lincoln to free the slaves as a war tactic as well a moral issue?
Fredrick Douglass
