The Emancipation Proclamation was a significant event in the history of the United States. It was created by Abraham Lincoln as a way to try and take advantage of the rebellion that was currently underway in the south. This rebellion was known as the Civil War, with the North and the South divided due to ideological differences. The political situation of the Civil War was quite terrible. With the South in a state of outright rebellion, it was on Abraham Lincoln’s shoulders to try and preserve the Union at all costs. The war itself was still not recognized by the North as a war, because Abraham Lincoln refused to recognize the South as its own nation. While the South prefer to call itself the Confederate States of America, to the north they were still states of the United States of America.
Answer: Originally, the whole point of the war was to preserve the Union. However, the Emancipation Proclamation made the war about the abolishment of slavery.
