answersLogoWhite

0

Officially, to rescue Northern morale by declaring the war to be an official crusade against slavery.

Actually, an urgent wartime measure to head-off Britain and France from aiding the South. (It would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.)

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What did the emancipation proclaimation do?

Freed Slaves


What is the emancipation proclaimation?

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was a document which symbolically freed slaves in the United States.


What Northern victory followed the Emancipation Proclaimation?

this is VERY EASY IT WAS POOH


How did African Americans react to the emancipation proclaimation?

They were afraid to leave their master


What was issued by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves in the South?

the emancipation proclaimation.


How did the emancipation proclemation effect the emancipation of minors?

There is no relationship between the two other than they use the word emancipation. The Emancipation Proclaimation deals with slavery. Emancipation of Minors deals with children.


How did the African Americans in the north greet the emancipation proclaimation?

it enabled African Americans to join the army


What was the name of the document that Abraham Lincoln that gave all slaves owned by southern states their freedom?

The Emancipation Proclaimation


What were the effects of emancipation proclaimation?

It ended slavery i the confederacy (south) and told the Confederacy that they were still thought of part of the Union. (North)


Who Set The Slaves Free?

President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclaimation in 1862. It was enforced by Union troops during the Civil War.


What time period did Lincoln sign the emancipation proclaimation?

Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War. This executive order declared the freedom of all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory. The proclamation was a pivotal moment in U.S. history, redefining the war's purpose to include the abolition of slavery.


Where were slaves freed from after the emancipation proclaimation?

Mainly Tennessee, where Lincoln allowed the planters to continue pracising slavery, as the state had largely been reclaimed by the Union.