Emancipation Proclamation By Chloe Dwinell Who issued the

Emancipation Proclamation By Chloe Dwinell

Who issued the Proclamation? • President Abraham Lincoln

What is the proclamation • “all persons held as saves are, and henceforward shall be free” • Applied to states only who succeeded from the Union • Accepted black men into the Army

Effects the Emancipation actually had: • Did not free all slaves • Expanded the goals of the war for the Union • Stopped forces of the Europeans from entering or playing a role in the war on the Confederacy side

Goals • • • To eventually end slavery Reunite the country Switch from a politically based war to a moral based war Keep out other countries from this war Lincoln wanted to cause rebellion in the South and lead them to the Northern armies (wanted more men in numbers)

Lincoln’s view points on slavery • Hated slavery • Thought ending slavery was the beginning to end racism • Leading opponent of “Slaveocracy”- political power of slave owners in the South • Supported the African Americans who suffered from racist people

Involvement of the 13 th Amendment: • • Abolition of slavery It support the Emancipation Proclamation In practice after the Civil War Enforced the Proclamation

The role of the Battle of Antietam • Marked the first victory for the Union which led to the official start date which was January 1, 1863 • Kept Britain and France out of the war • This was the bloodiest war therefore, it revealed pictures of how horrible war really is • Advanced the Republicans (and Lincoln) politically and military wise

Interesting facts • It had to be issued twice • The Emancipation Proclamation was not initially supported by the Presidents advisors • This shifted the driving force behind the war • Showed the executive war power by Lincoln • Abraham Lincoln saw this as his biggest success in his presidency

Paving the way • This paved the way for Africans to fight for freedom and equal rights • Even though they were “freed” they were not treated the same way • Wanted to have the same rights as whites but that didn’t come until years later • African Americans are sometimes still discriminated against

Blacks point of view • They felt like they were starting to be treated as actual people and not just objects • Men were excited to join the war • Hopes were up for an improvement in the country

Important people involved • • Abraham Lincoln Thaddeus Stevens Robert Gould Charles E. Lee Fredrick Douglas General David Hunter William Whiting and his vice president (of the War Department)

Important dates • July 22, 1862 Abraham Lincoln reads the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation • September 17, 1862 battle of Antietam • September 22 nd, 1862 first part of Emancipation Proclamation was issued • January 1, 1863 start of the Proclamation • May 22, 1863 Creation of the U. S Colored Troops • December 6, 1865 the 13 th Amendment was passed

Was this successful? • The Emancipation Proclamation was successful only because of events supporting it. • Battle of Antietam • 13 th Amendment

How is the Emancipation Proclamation shown today? • Having slaves is still against the law • All black people are by law equal to any other race • The Emancipation Proclamation not only continued to be in practice throughout these years but has improved the country and made it more unified

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Works cited • http: //www. ushistory. org/us/34 a. asp • http: //www. civilwar. org/education/history/emancipation-150/10 facts. html • http: //www. history. com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipationproclamation • https: //www. archives. gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancip ation_proclamation/