(A) ** True
(B) False
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -In 1862, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation opened the door for African Americans to enlist in the Union Army . Although many had wanted to join the war effort earlier, they were prohibited from enlisting by a federal law dating back to 1792.
Concept note-2: -Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation Black Americans were permitted to serve in the Union Army for the first time, and nearly 200, 000 would do so by the end of the war. Finally, the Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for the permanent abolition of slavery in the United States.
Concept note-3: -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-4: -In a display of his political genius, President Lincoln shrewdly justified the Emancipation Proclamation as a “fit and necessary war measure” in order to cripple the Confederacy’s use of slaves in the war effort.
Concept note-5: -Which of the following is true of the Emancipation Proclamation? It freed slaves only in those areas over which the federal government exercised no control. Although ambiguous, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had great meaning as? A moral and political document.