1. Emancipation Proclamation
Perspectives and Consequences

2. Areas affected by the Proclamation

3. Predictions How will border states react?
How will abolitionists react?
How will the Confederacy react?
How will the war change because of this?

4. Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation
All slaves in rebel states were freed.
The focus of the war shifted from preservation of the Union to freeing slaves.
African Americans were allowed to fight for their freedom.
The E.P. paved the way for total abolition in the United States (13th Amendment).
The E.P. stopped foreign powers like Britain and France from getting involved in the war.

8. Perspectives
How would this group feel about the Emancipation Proclamation?
What would they say to President Lincoln?
Northern/Union
Southern/Confederate
Abolitionist
Slave
Border States