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Why was the emanciptation proclamation largely a symbolic measure at the time ot was issued?
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It wasn't symbolic, but a real movement towards freeing slaves in the states in rebellion.
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Can you briefly explain why the emancipation proclamation supports the view that Lincoln was one of the most democratic and also one of the most autocratic presidents?
The idea of the Emancipation Proclamation was born as a measure to break the resistance of the Confederacy. It therefore touched slightly the limits of costitutionality, giving the impression of Lincoln's autocracy. But the reactions the Proclamation triggered among the public opinion in Europe and those of the common people in the United States were all in favour of an alleged Lincoln's democratic tendency.
What ended slavery in the southern states?
The Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln was concerned it would only be viewed as a temporary measure, so he pushed to get the thirteenth amendment passed, which abolished slavery completely and permanently.
Why was a national law against slavery needed even though the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued?
The Emancipation Proclamation only applied in places that were-AT THAT TIME- in rebellion against the Union. Some Northern states permitted slavery. The last slaves to be freed by law were in Kentucky and Delaware on December 6, 1865- 7 months after the Civil War ended. That was the date that the state of Georgia ratified the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution.
What year did slavery become an issue of the civil war?
When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862 as an urgent tactical measure to keep the British and French from helping the Confederates. Before that, Abolition was not the war aim, and it is a common mistake to think that the North leapt into uniform in order to fight slavery.
Abolitionists tried to change peoples ideas about tolerating slavery true or false?
True. In the run-up to the Civil War, most people in the North were not especially outraged by the continuation of slavery in its original heartlands. Partly because it yielded the sizable cotton revenues, they saw it as normal or 'natural'. But the extension of slavery into the new Western territories did not seem 'natural'; it also signalled the danger of the South becoming rich enough to break away and form a separate nation, taking the cotton revenues with them. The Abolitionists, led by Lloyd Garrison, insisted on outright abolition of all slavery. In due course, this happened, largely because Lincoln had used the Emancipation Proclamation as an effective but unusual war measure that could not be rescinded after the war.
Why was the emancipation proclamation largely a symbolic measure at the time it was issued?
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Who made the emancipation proclamation a federal law?
The Emancipation Proclamation was never a law. It was an executive action used as a war measure in the US Civil War.
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 Lincoln only issue the partial Emancipation Proclamation in late 1862?
Because he'd been waiting for a Union win, so he could issue the Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure. Through the summer, Lee's string of victories had led the British to believe that the Confederates would win, and they were planning to grant recognition. Lincoln decided to present the war to the outside world as a crusade against the evils of slavery, to shame the British into dropping their plans. This was what the Proclamation was really about. When the (unexpected, largely accidental) Union victory happened at Antietam in September, he issued the Proclamation within days.
Why was the Thirteenth Amendment necessary if President Lincoln freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation was not a law but an executive order by the president. It needed the 13th amendment to the US Constitution to give it the weight and force of law.
Why did Lincoln choose September 22 1862 to make the emacipation proclamation?
Because the Union had at last scored a victory (Antietam), so he could issue the Proclamation without making it look like a desperate measure.
What President Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation?
It was after the rather lucky Union win at Antietam (Sharpsburg) in September 1862, which gave Lincoln the chance to issue the Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure.
What battle President Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation?
It was after the rather lucky Union win at Antietam (Sharpsburg) in September 1862, which gave Lincoln the chance to issue the Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure.
What was the significance of the the Battle of Antietam?
It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure.
Why were no slaves actually freed when the Proclamation was issued?
The Emancipation Proclamation technically freed slaves only in Confederate-held territory, where the Union had no authority. It did not apply to border states or areas already under Union control. Additionally, the proclamation was a wartime measure aimed at weakening the Confederacy rather than a universal declaration of freedom.
What is the name of the document that gave slaves freedom?
The document that President Abraham Lincoln used to free the slaves was called the Emancipation Proclamation. It freed slaves in the rebelling Southern states only, not border states. They were freed later. As Lincoln had no authority to free slaves, this was a war measure. The results were that slaves in areas captured by Union forces were freed.
What did the union gain from the battle of sharpsburg?
Enough credibility for Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it seem like a desperate measure.
