USA HISTORY

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the Civil War was not only about restoring the Union together but ____

(A) Ending Southern Control in Kentucky

(B) ** ending slavery

(C) ending northern abuse towards the South

(D) maintaining slavery

Concept note-1: -Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators. By the end of the war, almost 200, 000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and freedom.

Concept note-2: -After January 1, 1863, every advance of federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance of Black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators.

Concept note-3: -Finally, the Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for the permanent abolition of slavery in the United States. As Lincoln and his allies in Congress realized emancipation would have no constitutional basis after the war ended, they soon began working to enact a Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery.

Concept note-4: -The Proclamation broadened the goals of the Union war effort; it made the eradication of slavery into an explicit Union goal, in addition to the reuniting of the country. The Proclamation also prevented European forces from intervening in the war on behalf of the Confederacy.