Unit 3: Civil War 10.31.18
Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation Read & annotate Annotations include: Definitions of key terms Highlighting main ideas Summarizing chunks Questions you have Notes of your thoughts & responses
Did the Emancipation Proclamation free all slaves? What ultimatum was given the states that had seceded from the Union? How did the Emancipation Proclamation open the door for black soldiers? What groups does he say will recognize and help to maintain the freedom of slaves? What position, other than President, does Lincoln claim gives him the power to issue the Proclamation? What does Lincoln tell the people who are to be freed to abstain (stay away) from?
Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation Executive Order Declared slaves in the Confederacy free Did not cover slaves in the border states Slavery would not be completely abolished until the 13th amendment passed in 1865
Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation Did free 20,000 slaves Did lay the groundwork for eventual freeing of slaves
Why free the slaves? Personal beliefs of Lincoln’s To undermine the Confederacy from within To have former slaves on side of Union To prevent Europe from intervening
African-American Soldiers About 200,000 served in the North’s military 3/5 of all black troops were former slaves