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Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order from President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 declaring all slaves in the confederate states free.
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What significance did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the war's outcome?
The Emancipation Proclamation became a turning point in the Civil War because it gave the North what it wanted. The North wanted to free the slaves and do away with slavery.
What effect did Lincoln think the proclamation would have on the slaves?
He hoped it would encourage one or two slave-states to quit the Confederacy and re-join the Union - as free soil, naturally.
But his main reason for issuing the Proclamation was tactical. It would make it impossible for free nations abroad to aid the South without looking pro-slavery.
What was the northern reaction to the emancipation proclamation?
They were out raged and appalled by the outcome. After this, they started groups like KKK killing the freed slaves and succeeded from the north.
Did the Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation affect women during the US Civil War?
Yes because the more that Blacks tried for their freedom the more that the Black women realized that they had hope to get rights to. But the proclamation alone did not affect women unless they were Black
How did the thirteenth amendment different from emancipation proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation was a speech given by Lincoln to inform the public that the Civil War and slavery would end soon. It gave those who opposed slavery hope and it gave the war a purpose again. The 13th amendment constitutionally eradicated all forms of slavery in the United States.
What was the immediate effect of the emancipation proclamation at the beginning of 1863?
Britain and France had to drop their plans to help the Confederates, as the war had now been turned into an official crusade against slavery.
Why do you think emancipation proclamation is important today?
The Emancipation Proclamation is often viewed as a Moral Repudiation of the institution of slavery. While in reality, it did not abolish slavery in the United States, it is nonetheless seen as adding abolition as a formal goal to the North's side in the US Civil War.
In effect, it is seen as a formal promise by the President of the United States to abolish slavery as soon as the Civil War was over. While the practical impact of the Proclamation itself inside the U.S. was very limited, it had an immense political impact on the course of the Civil War. In effect, the Emancipation Proclamation made European intervention on the side of the South a political impossibility. By proclaiming that the North was now fighting to abolish slavery, that now meant that the South was de facto fighting for slavery. As all major European powers had abolished slavery prior to the 1860s, their own public opinion was strongly against slavery. Thus, no European government would have been able to survive the outcry from their citizenry if they were seen to support slavery. And since the South now appeared to support slavery, no official support could every be forthcoming for the South.
This was decisive for the outcome of the Civil War. For, without access to European goods (and, in particular, assistance with breaking the Union blockage of Southern ports), the South would lose. It had neither the industrial capacity nor the finances to fight an extended war against the richer and highly industrial North. The EP also provided a huge boost to Northern morale, removing the only real other chance for a Southern victory (i.e. that the Northern public opinion would sag so much as to force a settlement before the North's industrial might could crush the South).
Today, the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation are seen in several ways: firstly, in the preservation of the Union as it now stands, and not a divided country. Secondly, it was the driving force between several major legal equality movements, primarily the 13, 14th, and 15th Amendments, and the 1960s Civil Rights Act (and movement as a whole). Furthermore, the Emancipation Proclamation is seen as adding a fundamental value to the American psyche: that all persons should be seen as equal, and that all Americans should aspire to treating each other with respect and dignity, regardless of race.
What two requests did the emancipation proclamation make of the newly freed slaves?
what two requests did the emancipation proclamation make of the newly freed slaves
How did the emancipation proclamation change everything?
The emancipation proclamation declared that all enslaved people will be freed and this ruined the chance of the South getting support from Europe. The emancipation proclamation also protected the rights of the slaves in the South and brought them to safety in the North. This changed the course of business in the South and North because every freed slave needed a job. Those jobs would have to come from the white men in the North. As well as this, the South's economy was based on slaves so needed to change to paid labor. Those who were previously slaves would have to be paid in order to work.
Why is the emancipation proclamation hypocritical?
It applied to all the states over which Lincoln did not have control.
But Lincoln wasn't expecting it to free many slaves while the war was on. It was a wartime tactic aimed at stopping Britain and France from aiding the South by turning it into a war against slavery.
Why was the emanicipation proclamation made?
It was actually 1863 and President Lincoln issued it the free all the slaves in the CONFEDERATE states not the Union slave states. He was able to do this because he could take away 'property' from an opposing army.
Why did the emancipation act provide for full emancipation in 1838 and 1840 than in 1834?
Just so we're clear, this is the British abolition of slavery, not Abraham Lincoln's (which happened in the Confederacy with his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, and then in the entire US permanently with the 13th Amendment in 1865).
The Act didn't outright abolish slavery like the Americans later did. In colonies like India and Canada, slavery was kept in place, but was gradually phased out by turning the slaves into "apprentices". The first wave of "apprentices" were freed in 1838, and the second wave was freed in 1840.
Additionally, unlike the Americans, the British government paid compensation to companies who lost their slaves. So they probably needed some time to raise the money, because they paid a lot (£20 million!).
How did the South and North feel about the Emancipation Proclamation?
The abolitinists were angry about the exclusions and everyone knew that emancipation meant nothing until the Confederacy was defeated.
When did the emancipation proclamation end?
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued during the American Civil War, declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
With that information, you can tell when the proclamation ended legally. Consider, too, what effect the proclamation had morally and ethically, and decide when -- or if -- that moral and ethical force ended.
it ended 1793
Why Did Lincoln sign the Enanipaption proclamation?
First it is called the Emancipation Proclamation. He made it to keep the South from continuing to use slave labor. It was basically to help the Union to win the Civil War because they could not do it through brute military strength, they needed to destroy the Confederacy from the civilian level.
How is the emancipation proclamation part of lincolns military strategy?
Well Lincoln didn't actually go into the war advocating emancipation. But as the war progressed, he lost troops and was worried that France and Britain would side with the South. So by declaring the emancipation proclamation, he was able to keep France and Britain from siding with the south (as the North was now seen as the liberators of slavery) and he got troops (slaves that were freed).
A proclamation is a public announcement. A royal proclamation is a public announcement made by someone who is royal, e.g. a king, queen, prince or princess.
Lincoln didn't use the Declaration of Independence for the emancipation proclamation. The Declaration of Independence was a letter to the king telling why the colonies were declaring independence.
President Abraham Lincoln freed slaves in rebellious areas of the US in 1863. All other slaves had been freed in the North.
How many slaves were free by emancipation proclamation?
The Proclamation freed all slaves in states that were rebelling against the United States- that is, the South. It basically ordered the Union Army to free any slaves they found while in the South. It also allowed freed slaves to join the Union Army.
It was mainly a political manuever, since it wasn't easy to actually enforce at first- the South was mostly winning the war at that point (Lincoln waited until the Union won a major battle- Antietam- so that it didn't seem like he was doing it out of desperation). By making the proclamation, Lincoln changed the main goal of the war effort from just keeping the United States together as one country to keeping the United States together as one country AND ending slavery.
The main reason why this was important is because powerful countries in Europe, especially Britain and France, were considering helping the Confederacy. Neither Britain nor France really liked having a powerful United States around, and letting the country split up would severely weaken it. However, both Britain and France had already outlawed slavery and would not support a country that allowed it. Lincoln's Proclamation made it clear to the world that if you supported the Confederacy, you also supported slavery.
Without French or British support, the Confederacy didn't have much hope for survival, but was still able to survive for another two years.
What were President Lincoln's motives in limiting the reach of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Britain and France were close to granting recognition to the Confederacy, and Lincoln had to turn the war into an official crusade against slavery, to shame them out of doing this.
His tactic was totally successful. Europe had to stay out of it.
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.
What states did the Emancipation Proclamation affect when it was declared?
South Carolina December 20, 1860
Mississippi January 9, 1861
Florida January 10, 1861
Alabama January 11, 1861
Georgia January 19, 1861
Louisiana January 26, 1861
Texas February 1, 1861
Virginia April 17, 1861
Arkansas May 6, 1861
North Carolina May 20, 1861
Tennessee June 8, 1861
The Proclamation did not free the slaves in Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware.
Also, it was only a Proclamation, not an amendment.
