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There were essentially two factors which motivated President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. In the first place, he did not believe that the practice of slavery was morally justifiable (Lincoln was, of course, correct in that belief). Secondly, a civil war was in progress and it was very useful from a military point of view to be able to recruit former slaves into the Union Army, and by promising to end slavery, Lincoln gave the former slaves an excellent reason to support the Union.

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After what major union victory did Lincoln decide it was time to issue the emancipation proclamtion?

Antietam (Sharpsburg) in September 1862.


Who does Lincoln ask the favor of in the emancipation proclamation document?

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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.


When did Lincoln isssue the Emancipation Proclamation?

On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.


What key political decision made by Lincoln change the nature of the war in the unions favor?

With the Emancipation Proclamation, the Union seized and held the high moral ground for the rest of the war.


How would you solve this problem to help Lincoln decide when to issue the emancipation proclamation?

He had to wait till there was a Northern victory, or it would look like a desperate measure.


Who made the emancipation proclimation?

Abraham Lincoln.


Lincoln justified his Emancipation Proclamation on the basis of?

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Emancipation of Proclamation?

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Who wrote the emancipation proclamtion?

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Who was for the emancipation proclamation?

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