AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
KEY CIVIL WAR BATTLES IN 1862
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An executive order from Abraham Lincoln that eventually led to the freedom of millions of slaves.
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A change to the United States constitution allowing for all men to vote regardless of race.
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A speech given by Abraham Lincoln asking for the Civil War to end.
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None 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: -Which statement best describes Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation? It freed all slaves in the Confederate states.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following statements accurately describe the Emancipation Proclamation and its impact on the Civil War? The Emancipation Proclamation transformed Lincoln’s war to preserve the Union into a crusade to end the institution of slavery.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.