Abraham Lincoln received support for the Emancipation Proclamation primarily from abolitionists, many members of the Republican Party, and some northern Democrats who believed in the moral imperative of ending slavery. However, he faced significant opposition from Southern states, which viewed the proclamation as an attack on their way of life, as well as some conservative Democrats and border state leaders who were concerned about the implications for their own slaveholding practices. Additionally, some military leaders were initially skeptical about its impact on the war effort.
Lincoln waited to announce the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to ensure that it would have the greatest impact on the Civil War and public opinion. He needed a significant Union victory to give the proclamation more credibility and support.
It was important for Lincoln to wait before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation because he needed to ensure that the timing was right politically and militarily. He wanted to make sure that the proclamation would have the greatest impact and support possible.
Not as enthusiastically as Lincoln had hoped. This confirms that most Northerners were not Abolitionists by any means.
those who agreed with Lincoln that Slavery should not extend into the new territories.
Yes. It did
Lincoln waited to announce the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to ensure that it would have the greatest impact on the Civil War and public opinion. He needed a significant Union victory to give the proclamation more credibility and support.
It was important for Lincoln to wait before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation because he needed to ensure that the timing was right politically and militarily. He wanted to make sure that the proclamation would have the greatest impact and support possible.
Not as enthusiastically as Lincoln had hoped. This confirms that most Northerners were not Abolitionists by any means.
Because they were outbalanced by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation released after the Union victory at Antietam.
those who agreed with Lincoln that Slavery should not extend into the new territories.
Yes. It did
Britain and France had to stay out - they could not support the Confederates without looking pro-slavery themselves.
Only the slaves in the southern, seceded states. He needed the support of northern slaveholding states to win the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation was very carefully worded to not free anyone anywhere at the time of its writing!The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves inside states in rebellion (i.e. Confederacy) and not controlled by Union troops. These states obviously ignored the Emancipation Proclamation and did not free any slaves. At the time the Emancipation Proclamation was written Union troops did not control any of those states.The Emancipation Proclamation explicitly permitted states that had stayed in the Union to keep their slaves. This was because if the Emancipation Proclamation freed such slaves then these states would probably leave the Union and join the Confederacy. Lincoln could not afford to have that happen!In fact the Emancipation Proclamation was a Propaganda document to encourage European support for the Union, and it was not expected to have any effect on either slave masters or enslaved people.Actually freeing the enslaved people would have to wait until after the war.
Because after Lincoln turned it into a war on slavery (by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation), it would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.
Partially. He did to shorten the war and to announce his belief that all men were created equal as a law. It us unknown if he did it for support from other countries.
International support for the North in the American Civil War increased.