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What was the emancipation proclamtion?
It proclaimed the slaves in the southern states who had left the union free. It only applied to these states and not the entire country.
What role did support for slavery playin the secession of southern states?
The Southern states wanted to keep their slaves, and they were worried that President Abraham Lincoln wanted to free the slaves, so many of the southern states left the union to try and keep their slaves.
What claimed to free those slaves located in the rebelling states (southern states that had seceded)?
President Lincoln's "Emancipation proclamation".
What was the freeing of slaves called?
The freeing of slaves was called emancipation. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation effective 1 January 1863. It proclaimed emancipation (freedom) for all slaves from states then at war with the Union.
What did the Southern states find objectionable in Abraham Lincoln's 1860 campaign for president?
His promise to free the slaves in the south
What did the Southern leaders support?
rights of individual states, rights of all citizens to own slaves, and a six year term for president and vice president
What states did slaves work in?
They worked in Southern states.
What was Lincoln's impact as president?
# Licoln was president during the deadliest American conflict # He signed the emancipation proclomatin freeing ONLY the slaves that were in the rebeling southern states
Why did the southern states want to count slaves as part of their populations?
Southern states wanted to count slaves as part of their populations for the purpose of representation in the United States Congress. By counting slaves as part of the population, southern states could increase their representation in Congress, despite slaves not having the right to vote.
What was the basis of wealth in southern states?
land and slaves.
Why did former slaves migrate to southern states?
People don't migrate, but animals migrate. Former slaves were all ready located in the southern states.
The Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln freed?
Only the slaves in the southern, seceded states. He needed the support of northern slaveholding states to win the Civil War.
