(A) Yes
(B) ** No
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Despite a vocal Abolitionist movement in the North, many people and many soldiers, in particular, opposed slavery, but did not favor emancipation. They expected slavery to die on its own over time.
Concept note-2: -Northerners viewed Lincoln as the “Great Emancipator”. The Confederacy did not view the Emancipation Proclamation as a good idea as they would lose valuable labor that lead to an increased production and a better economy through a southerner’s eyes.
Concept note-3: -Four border slave states (Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri) remained on the Union side, and many others in the North also opposed abolition.
Concept note-4: -How did northerners view the Emancipation Proclamation? Northern Democrats opposed slavery because they were afraid that freed slaves would travel north and take their jobs for lesser pay. Others wanted to end slavery because they didn’t think the country would be united until the issue of slavery was resolved.
Concept note-5: -Most northerners did not doubt that black people were inferior to whites, but they did doubt the benevolence of slavery. The voices of Northern abolitionists, such as Boston editor and publisher William Lloyd Garrison, became increasingly violent.