AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Confederates
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More African Americans (slave and free) joined the Union
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Many southern soldiers joined the North
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Some of the northern states lost faith in Lincoln
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Proclamation itself freed very few slaves, but it was the death knell for slavery in the United States. Eventually, the Emancipation Proclamation led to the proposal and ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which formally abolished slavery throughout the land.