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Why did the emancipation proclamation prevent great Britain from helping the confederacy?
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Because it turned the war into an official crusade against slavery, so that free nations abroad could no longeraid the South without lookingpro-slavery themselves.
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How did the emancipation proclamation stop England and France from helping the Confederacy?
Yes it did, England for a long time was an anti slave country. In signing the Emancipation Proclamation, it abolished slavery, making England not side with the Confederacy due to their anti- slave laws
What is one thing Lincoln hopes the emancipation proclamation will accomplish?
Keep Britain and France from helping the Confederates, as it would make them look pro-slavery themselves.
Which President stopped slavery?
Abraham Lincoln & the Emancipation Proclamation.
What resulted from the Battle of Antietam?
It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept Britain and France from helping the South. (It would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.)
What events occurred once Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation?
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.
How did the emancipation proclamation stop England and France from helping the Confederacy?
Yes it did, England for a long time was an anti slave country. In signing the Emancipation Proclamation, it abolished slavery, making England not side with the Confederacy due to their anti- slave laws
Which President proclaimed that the slaves in the southern states were to be freed?
Lincoln. But they were freed by Union troops during their Southern campaigns, not by the Proclamation, which was mainly a tatcic to shame the British out of helping the cause of slavery.
Was the emancipation proclamation enforcible?
No, Lincoln knew that there would be no way to enforce it because he had no control over the southern states. He made the emancipation proclamation to make the civil war about slavery so that England would not interfere and help the Confederacy. The British might have stepped in to support the confederacy gain independence, but when the war became about slavery, they had no interest in the issue of helping slaves.
What is one thing Lincoln hopes the emancipation proclamation will accomplish?
Keep Britain and France from helping the Confederates, as it would make them look pro-slavery themselves.
What was major result of the Battle of Antietam?
It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept Britain and France from helping the South. (It would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.)
What was Proclamation about?
Basically abolishing slavery in the South, although the South was forming the Confederacy. It also intended to discourage Britain and France from helping the South, who they got cotton from, in the US Civil War.
What did the north do to win the war?
Kept Britain and France from helping the Confederates, by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, which presented the war to the outside world as a moral crusade, making it unethical for free nations abroad to aid the South.
What are the foreign achievements of Abraham Lincoln?
Keeping Britain and France from helping the Confederates, by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, turning the war into an official crusade against slavery. (If those countries intervened after that, they would have looked pro-slavery themselves.)
Which President stopped slavery?
Abraham Lincoln & the Emancipation Proclamation.
What resulted from the Battle of Antietam?
It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept Britain and France from helping the South. (It would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.)
What events occurred once Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation?
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.
What result was a result of emancipation proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation led to the freeing of slaves, some of which joined the Union Army (helping the Union, partly, to prevail in the Civil War). European countries did not support the South in the American Civil War. International support for the North in the American Civil War increased. More African Americans in the south joined the union army.
