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Who was Frederick Douglass?
What is a former slave and abolitionist leader
What party did Abraham Lincoln run as?
What is a Republican
When was Abraham Lincoln elected?
What is 1860
What is the significance of John C. Fremont on the road to emancipation?
He was the first person to bring up the topic of emancipation, and he emancipated any slaves belonging to confederate supporter.
When slaves started heading to fortress Monroe, what did they call it?
What is Freedom Fort
How many times did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
He issued it twice.
Who did Lincoln write too about his struggle to save the Union?
Who is Horace Greenly
Who was first to secede from the Union?
Who is South Carloina
What did Abraham use to issue the Emancipation?
He used his war powers to declare a special law, that being the Emancipation Proclamation.
What was Abraham Lincoln’s official view slavery, and how did it change over the course of the war?
Originally, he thought it was no place for government to decide whether slavery was allowed or not. But as the war persisted, his personal opinion that all men should be free seeped into his political opinion. So eventually, Lincoln was officially against slavery and would do anything to try and abolish it.
What act abolished slavery in all Federal territories?
What is the Territorial Abolition Act
What did black troops saving white union soldiers lead to?
What is the right to vote for blacks
If Abraham Lincoln hadn't won the election, do you think the war would still have occurred?
Discussion Question! What do you think?
If Abraham Lincoln hadn’t issued the Emancipation, do you think the war would still have had the same effect?
Discussion question! Whats your opinion?
Another of Lincoln’s cabinet members Secretary of State William Seward advised the President not to issue his proclamation at that time, in July 1862. Seward was an abolitionist who had supported operations along the Underground Railroad, yet he advised Lincoln not to issue the Emancipation Proclamation in July 1862. Why?
Discussion Question! Whats your opinion?