USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

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What was the overall purpose for the Emancipation Proclamation?

(A) To end slavery in the country

(B) To get more states to join the Union

(C) To gain allies

(D) ** To help the Union win the war

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -From the first days of the Civil War, enslaved people 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.