RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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“And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.” Abraham Lincoln, The Emancipation ProclomationBased on the above quote, the Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the Civil War from an issue of states’ rights to ____
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the freedom of slaves
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the right to vote
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women’s rights
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Native American rights
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Explanation:
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: -The proclamation declared, “all persons held as slaves within any States, or designated part of the State, the people whereof shall be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 2nd paragraph, Lincoln makes his declaration that all slaves in states still in rebellion against the United States would be freed.
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