What events occurred once Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation?

Answer 1

The civil war wasn't even about slavery, at first. The main issue about the civil war was state's rights. The main reason President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation was because he feared that the British were going to side with the Confederacy.

Lincoln famously replied on 22nd August, "My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it."

By making the war a fight against slavery, Britain and France were politically unable to strongly support the south. Slavery was very unpopular in Britain and had been banned 30 years earlier. The French national slogan "Liberty - Fraternity - Equality" would be violated by slavery. Neither government (France or Britain) wanted to risk the wrath of its own population.

Answer 2

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Lincoln during the Civil War as a military strategy, in order to encourage slaves to rise up against their masters, thereby helping in the war effort of the North.

Answer 3

The Northern public hadn't realized that it would be a long war, and were starting to wonder whether the cotton revenues alone were worth the bloodshed.

Britain and France were both considering sending military aid to the Confederates, so Lincoln had to stop them by turning it into a moral crusade, directly against slavery.

Lincoln also felt it necessary to take a step towards total war - telling his troops to burn Southern farms and liberate the slaves.

Answer 4

The Emancipation Proclamation was not an event, it was a document.

A. Lincoln, President of the Union, proclaimed that all slaves are free men. It was more show than anything because the Union did not have slaves and the Confederacy was fighting a war to dispute the Union's jurisdiction. Once the Confederacy was defeated, the proclamation applied to them and could then be enforced.

Answer 5

the abolition of slavery caused the emancipation proclamation.

Answer 6

- slaves from the South escaped and joined the Union army

- Britain and France stopped considering supporting the South

Answer 7

The Battle of Antietam

Answer 8

Abraham Lincoln