Question

During the summer of 1862, Lincoln concluded that emancipation had become a political and military necessity. Many factors contributed to this decision.
Which of the following are factors that led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

A. lack of military success
B. hope that emancipated slaves might help meet the army's growing manpower needs
C. changing northern public opinion and the calculation that making slavery a target of the war effort would counteract sentiment in Britain for recognition of the Confederacy
D. All of the above

Answer 1

B. hope that emancipated slaves might help meet the army's growing manpower needs

C. changing northern public opinion and the calculation that making slavery a target of the war effort would counteract sentiment in Britain for recognition of the Confederacy

Explanation:

• Published in 1862, the Proclamation was made public on January 1, 1863. In it, Abraham Lincoln carefully spells out provisions and procedures that will not only ensure victory in the Union, but also the freedom of those currently enslaved.
• Lincoln first declares that all slaves are freed in the rebellious states, leaving slavery still in the border states to ensure their loyalty. Lincoln also declares that all slaves who choose to fight for the Union will be given freedom.
• More than 180,000 African-American soldiers joined the Union, which proved to be critical to the Union's victory. The document itself was the key to ending the civil war and slavery in the United States.
• Lincoln proclaimed political success by proclaiming the Southerners as barbarians in the eyes of Europeans who want to maintain the slave system. The United Kingdom and France, which had previously sympathized with the Confederacy of Independence struggle, are now turning their support to the Union.

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