USA HISTORY

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War was not about keeping the Union together but for ____

(A) Ending Southern Control in Kentucky

(B) ** Ending Slavery

(C) Ending Northern abuse towards the South

(D) Jefferson Davis’s tyranny

Concept note-1: -From the first days of the Civil War, slaves had acted to secure their own liberty. The Emancipation Proclamation confirmed their insistence that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom. It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically.

Concept note-2: -Some emancipated slaves quickly fled from the neighborhood of their owners, while others became wage laborers for former owners. Most importantly, African Americans could make choices for themselves about where they labored and the type of work they performed.

Concept note-3: -The southern landscape was devastated. A new chapter in American history opened as the Thirteenth Amendment, passed in January of 1865, was implemented. It abolished slavery in the United States, and now, with the end of the war, four million African Americans were free.

Concept note-4: -The Emancipation Proclamation changed the meaning and purpose of the Civil War. The war was no longer just about preserving the Union-it was also about freeing the slaves. Foreign powers such as Britain and France lost their enthusiasm for supporting the Confederacy.