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What was the main goal of the civil war before the emancipation proclamation?
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To reunite the states, and retrieve the cotton revenues.
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Did the emancipation proclamation achieve its goal?
Yes
How did the Emancipation proclamation become a turning point in the civil war?
Contrary to popular belief, the Emancipation Proclamation's goal was not really to free slaves. It stated that all slaves in the 10 rebelling states were free. You see the problem here? With no control over the Confederacy, the Emancipation Proclamation had little effect on the slaves in the South. The Proclamation made freeing slaves an explicit goal of the Union war effort, and was a step towards outlawing slavery and conferring full citizenship upon ex-slaves.
What was Lincolns goal during the Civil War?
To keep the union intact, in other words keep USA undivided
Why was the emancipation proclamation was important?
Earlier in the begining of the battle Antietam, Lincoln felt that making emancipation the main goal of the war might divid the north.
Why was the Emancipation Proclamation so important?
The emancipation proclamation was a document written in the United States of America, (Union) during the Civil War. It mainly stated that the slaves in the Confederacy were now freed. However, it did not free the slaves in the border states (Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Delaware) because Lincoln knew they would secede and the Union would not win the civil war. The Emancipation Proclamation changed the way the Union thought about the war. At first, the reason for fighting was to preserve the Union and keep the country together, but afterwards, the goals had changed to free the slaves of the south.
What was the goal of the North in Civil War?
The goal of the North was at first to bring the Southern states back into the Union. later on Lincoln said in the Emancipation Proclamation that he would free all Southern slaves if the Union won the war
What were the goals policies of the confederacy?
The main goal of the union was to preserve the union, until the emancipation proclamation changed the reason of the war to slavery.
True or false president Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation before the start of the civil war?
False, he issued it in the Fall of 1862 after the Union victory at Antietam. An additional point is that the Emancipation Proclamation did not "free the slaves". All the document did was to "free the slaves" in the states in rebellion. While to many this may seem to be one in the same, it is actually not. There were still three slave states in the Union during the course of the war. In the context of the proclamation, the Confederate campaign that was halted at Antietam was called the Maryland Campaign. It was the Confederate goal to bring the slave state of Maryland into the Confederacy.
What did the emancipation procamalation do?
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. It declared all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory to be free. While it did not immediately free all slaves, it shifted the focus of the war to include abolition as a goal.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation substantiate the views of General George McClellan?
As General George B. McClellan and other conservatives predicted, the Emancipation Proclamation intensified the South's commitment to their cause for independence, because it threatened both the property interest in slaves and the social goal of preserving White supremacy.
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.
How did reactions to emancipation proclamation differ?
At first when Lincoln announced the Emancipation proclamation he said that only the slaves of the Rebel states were to be set free. (this was a war tactic. The border states still had slaves and they were crucial for the defeat of the North.). Up until this point the main goal of the war was to preserve the union. Many people, especially the New York Irish that didn't need more people to compete with for jobs, had riots and demonstrated there disapproval of the Emancipation Proclamation all Irish. I have nothing against Irish it's just that there was an abundance of hard working Irish immigrants at this time.) The abolitionists, however, approved of the Emancipation Proclamation.
