AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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Question
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All slaves were immediately freed throughout the United States.
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It shifted the focus of the war from preserving the Union to abolishing slavery.
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It brought the Civil War to an almost immediate end.
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Several more states decided to join the Confederacy after it was issued.
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Emancipation Proclamation changed the meaning and purpose of the Civil War. The war was no longer just about preserving the Union-it was also about freeing the slaves. Foreign powers such as Britain and France lost their enthusiasm for supporting the Confederacy.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following best identifies the main theme of the Emancipation Proclamation? All slaves in states still loyal to the Union are to be freed.