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What specific language in the Emancipation Proclamation indicate that the freeing of slaves is partly for military reasons?
The Emancipation Proclamation contains language indicating that the freeing of slaves serves military purposes, particularly in its assertion that "that on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves" in the Confederate states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." This declaration is framed as a wartime measure, intended to weaken the Confederacy by depriving it of its labor force and encouraging enslaved individuals to join the Union Army, thereby bolstering its military strength. Additionally, the Proclamation emphasizes its role as a strategic move to undermine the Confederate war effort.
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Lincoln justified his Emancipation Proclamation on the basis of?
Lincoln made the argument that the Emancipation Proclamation was a military necessity. Lincoln believed the proclamation would weaken the South.
What is the impotance of the emancipation proclamation?
It kept the British from recognising the Confederacy and sending military aid.
What does the emancipation proclamation say the executive government including military will do?
to free all slaves
What did Lincoln want before he announced the Emancipation Proclamation?
a major Union military victory
Who was at emancipation proclamation?
Nobody was "at" Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation, was a set of 2 executive orders, written and issued by President Lincoln. President Lincoln thought emancipation was justified as a military necessity to preserve the Union. "If the Proclamation of Emancipation was essentially a war measure, it had the desired effect of depriving the Confederacy of much of its valuable laboring force.
What did Lincoln to do about slavery after the battle of Antietam?
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept the British from sending military aid to the Confederates.
What are two things the emancipation proclamation accomplish?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the slave owning Southern states. It also ordered that those among the freed slaves who were capable of serving in the Union Army were eligible to enroll and be paid for that military service.
What did the emancipation prolclamation do?
The Emancipation Proclamation declare freedom for slaves in the ten states remaining at war with the Union. It also allowed military service for freedman who were deemed competent for service.
The emancipation proclamation had the effect of?
Keeping Britain and France from sending military aid to the Confederates, for fear of looking pro-slavery.
What did Lincoln promise to do about slavery after the Battle of Antietam?
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept the British from sending military aid to the Confederates.
What was the reaction to the northern democrats to the emancipation proclamation?
Relief that Britain and France would not be able to send military aid to the Confederates.
What was the reaction to northern democrats to the emancipation proclamation?
Relief that Britain and France would not be able to send military aid to the Confederates.
