AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
CIVIL WAR TURNING POINTS
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Freed slaves in the Confederacy, and encouraged former slaves to fight for the Union
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Kept slavery legal in border states that remained loyal to the Union
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Gave the war a moral focus, shifting from a battle over states’ rights
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free."
Detailed explanation-2: -Fact #9: The Emancipation Proclamation led the way to total abolition of slavery in the United States. With the Emancipation Proclamation, the aim of the war changed to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Proclamation changed the legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the secessionist Confederate states from enslaved to free. As soon as slaves escaped the control of their enslavers, either by fleeing to Union lines or through the advance of federal troops, they were permanently free.