1. RESPONSE TO PROCLAMATION
GROUP
RESPONSE TO PROCLAMATION
Abolitionists 1. 2. 3.
Northern
Democrats
Union
Soldiers
White Southerners
Slaves

2. Copy the following chart on Portfolio p124
Reasons
Results
(4 results) 1) 2) 3)
Emancipation Proclamation

3. Lesson 17.1a: The Emancipation Proclamation

4. What impact did the Emancipation have on he Civil War?
Essential Question
What impact did the Emancipation have on he Civil War?

5. Vocabulary emancipation: to free from slavery or other control
proclamation:
the act of announcing to the public, or something that is said for the public to hear.
recognize:
to admit, understand, or accept as true.

6. What we already know…
Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong.

7. What we already know…
In a battle fought near Antietam Creek in Maryland, Union forces had finally won a slim victory against Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

8. What we already know…
Britain was considering giving aid to the Confederacy, even though Britain was opposed to slavery.

9. Calls For Emancipation
Leading abolitionists such as Wiliam Llyod Garrison, criticized President Lincoln because he had not ended slavery. Some went as far to say his lack of action helped the Confederacy,
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10. Calls For Emancipation
Lincoln did not emancipate slaves when the war began because his first priority was to preserve the Union. In addition, he wasn’t certain that he had the power to free them.
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11. Calls For Emancipation
Lincoln was also afraid to anger pro-Union groups in the South and in the border states.
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12. Calls For Emancipation
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He knew many white Northerners also opposed emancipation.

13. Calls For Emancipation
Lincoln wanted to bring the Union back together, not have the issue of slavery divide the nation even further.
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14. Calls For Emancipation
Eventually, Lincoln finally settled on three reasons for issuing a proclamation of emancipation.
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15. Calls For Emancipation
First, abolitionists like Frederick Douglass convinced Lincoln that making abolition a goal of the war would cause tens of thousands of free blacks to enlist in the Union army.
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16. Calls For Emancipation
Secondly, Lincoln knew that if emancipation became a goal, it would change the war from a disagreement over the nature of the Union to a war over slavery.
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17. Calls For Emancipation
Finally, he knew would make it more difficult for anti-slavery Britain to support the Confederacy.
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18. Calls For Emancipation
Lincoln knew the Southern economy depended up slave labor. Without it, the South would grow weak and be easier to defeat.
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19. Calls For Emancipation
By the summer of 1862, the president had decided in favor of emancipating enslaved African Americans.
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20. Calls For Emancipation
Lincoln did not want the Emancipation Proclamation to appear as a desperate measure by a county who could not win the war. Lincoln needed for the Union to have a major victory.
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21. Calls For Emancipation
McClellan’s victory over Lee at Antietam gave Lincoln the opportunity to act.
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22. The Emancipation Proclamation
In signing the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln argued that ending slavery would weaken the Confederacy. As Commander-in-Chief, he was allowed to take such action.

23. The Emancipation Proclamation
As of January 1, 1863, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation would free all the slaves in Confederate states still in rebellion against the United States.

24. The Emancipation Proclamation
Since the proclamation only applied to slaves in the Confederacy, where Lincoln couldn’t enforce it, few slaves were affected.
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25. The Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln did not have the power to end slavery in the North, but he did ask Congress to gradually abolish slavery everywhere.
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26. The Emancipation Proclamation
But the Emancipation Proclamation was an important symbolic measure; the Civil War was now a war of liberation.
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27. Get your whiteboards and markers ready!

28. Which was NOT one of the reasons Lincoln initially opposed emancipation?
A. He did not believe he had the power under the Constitution to abolish slavery where it already existed.
B. He did not want to anger the four slave states that remained in the Union.
C. He knew that most Northern Democrats, and many Republicans, opposed emancipation.
D. He was concerned about the effects of emancipation on the national economy.

29. Why did Lincoln finally decide in favor of emancipation?
A . He used it as a political tactic to split the Northern Democratic Party.
B. He knew that without slave labor, the South would grow weak and be easier to defeat.
C. He knew that emancipation would irritate and annoy Southerners.
D. Grant's victory at New Orleans had stirred the nation and made the people more supportive of emancipation.

30. What battlefield victory gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
A . Antietam
B. New Orleans
C. Shiloh
D. The Second Battle of Bull Run

31. Response to the Proclamation
Abolitionists:
In the North, abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison rejoiced, although many believed that Lincoln should free all slaves, including those in the border states.

32. Response to the Proclamation
Northern Democrats:
Many Northern Democrats worried that the proclamation would only prolong the war by further angering the South.

33. Response to the Proclamation
Union Soldiers:
Most Union soldiers welcomed emancipation because it would help to weaken the South.

34. Response to the Proclamation
Southern Whites:
Southern whites were outraged at the thought that Lincoln was threatening their way of life.
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35. Response to the Proclamation
Southern Slaves:
With so many Southern men away fighting far from the plantations, news of the proclamation caused slaves to become defiant and disobedient.
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36. Response to the Proclamation
Whenever the Northern armies drew near, many slaves ran away to Union lines, depriving the Confederacy of labor.
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38. Why were few slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
A. It only freed slaves in United States territories.
B. It only freed slaves in states still in rebellion against the United States.
C. It only freed slaves in slave states that remained loyal to the Union.
D. It only freed slaves in the Border States.

39. How did Southerners react to the Emancipation Proclamation?
A. Most ignored it as something that could never be done.
B. Most were outraged because it threatened their way of life.
C. Most were unaware of it, since Southern newspapers didn’t write about it.
D. Most trivialized it by making jokes about it.

40. How would the Emancipation Proclamation hurt the Confederate war effort.
A. Free slaves would not fight for the Confederate Army.
B. Without a slave labor force soldiers would have to return home to work in the fields.
C. Without a slave labor force the South could not raise enough cotton to sell and help pay for the war.
D. With most of the labor force at war, the slaves were working the Confederate factories.

41. A and B Discuss
Do you think making the war about slavery rather than about to stay in the Union made the Confederates fight harder, or didn’t it matter. Be prepared with reasons for your answers.

42. African American Soldiers
Before the Emancipation Proclamation, the government had discouraged freed slaves from enlisting.
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43. African American Soldiers
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation invited African Americans to join the Union army.
Frederick Douglas praised the decision, believing that military service by African-Americans would guarantee their rights to citizenship.
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44. African American Soldiers
After emancipation, African Americans rushed to join the army.
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45. African American Soldiers
During the course of the war, over 180,000 African-American soldiers had fought for the Union army.
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46. African American Soldiers
African-American soldiers fought in all-African-American units led by white officers.
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47. African American Soldiers
African Americans often were assigned the worst jobs and paid less than white
soldiers.
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48. African American Soldiers
But on the battlefield, their courage and dedication was second to none.
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49. The 54th Massachusetts
The 54th Massachusetts was the most famous African-American
regiment of the war
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50. The 54th Massachusetts
The regiment’s bravery at Fort Wagner, South Carolina in July 1863 made it popular in the North, and increased
African American
enlistment.
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51. The 54th Massachusetts
Sergeant W.H. Carney was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery in recovering the Union colors at Fort Wagner.
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52. African American Soldiers
If captured African Americans faced greater danger than whites.
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53. African American Soldiers
Southerners rarely took African Americans as prisoners. They were often executed or returned to slavery.
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55. How did the 54th Massachusetts Regiment become famous?
A. As the first African American military unit to see combat
B. For the heroism it showed in the battle of Ft. Wagner..
C. As the first American military unit to be commanded by African American officers.
D. For being the largest African American regiment of the war.

56. What made it worse for African American soldiers than white soldiers?
A . They were often given the worst jobs.
B. They were paid less than white soldiers.
C. They were never allowed to rise above the rank of private.
D. If captured, most were either executed, or sent back into slavery.

57. What battlefield victory gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
A . Antietam
B. New Orleans
C. Shiloh
D. The Second Battle of Bull Run

58. A and B Discuss
Why do you think was the reason African American regiments were lead by white soldiers? Be prepared to share your answer.

59. Study Questions 17.1A (1-6) Copy the following SQ’s on Portfolio p51
Why did Lincoln hesitate to free the slaves when the war began, but then decide in favor of emancipation?
2. What battlefield victory gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
3. Why were few slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
4. How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the course of the war?
5. How did the 54th Massachusetts become famous?
6. Why did African-American soldiers often face greater hardships than white soldiers, and great danger if captured?