Key facts
When did Lincoln issue a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is September 22, 1862
What were Lincoln's goals during the civil war?
What is to preserve the union and end slavery.
The proclamation encouraged African Americans to do what?
What is enlist into the Union Army, significantly increasing their numbers and contributing to the Union's military efforts.
When was the final proclamation for the Emancipation of Slaves?
What is January 1, 1863
What was the Anaconda plan?
What is aimed to weaken the Confederacy economically rather than through direct confrontation. This plan included a blockade of Southern ports and control of the Mississippi River.
How did Southerners receive the news of the Emancipation?
What is as to undermine the South's war efforts and weaken the Confederacy.
What was the scope of the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is it applied only to enslaved individuals in the Confederate states that were in rebellion against the Union. It did not free enslaved people in border states or areas already under Union control.
How did Lincoln frame his moral imperative to end slavery?
What is he framed as a moral crusade for democracy and equality.
Enslaved people in the South were not immediately freed. Why not?
What is the Proclamation depended on military advances.
What was Lincoln's military strategy by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation>
What is it justified the proclamation as a war measure aimed at weakening the Confederacy by depriving it of slave labor, which was crucial to its economy and war effort.
What did Lincoln's Gettysburg speech emphasize?
What is emphasized the values of the American Revolution and the importance of liberty
What actions did African Americans take upon hearing about the emancipation?
What is they "self-emancipated" and escaped to join the Union troops.
What was the impact the Emancipation Proclamation had on the civil war?
What is it shifted the focus of the Civil War from merely preserving the Union to also fighting for human freedom, gaining support from abolitionists and foreign nations.
Lincoln's strategic decisions were informed by what?
What is by his understanding of national power and the need to balance military action with moral leadership to sustain Union support and achieve emancipation.
The proclamation authorized the enlistment of how many black soldiers?
What is 200,000 for the Army and Navy.