USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

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How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the goal of the war (for some)?

(A) It made the war about defending the Constitution

(B) It made the war about preserving the union of the country

(C) ** It made the war about ending slavery

(D) It made the war about keeping slavery

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -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.