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Emancipation Proclamation/African Americans during the Civil War

Emancipation Proclamation/African Americans during the Civil War. Standard 4.3 E.Q. How did the Emancipation Proclamation impact the Civil War? . Lincoln thoughts on Slavery . President Lincoln did not approve of slavery, but he only focused on preserving the Union.

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Emancipation Proclamation/African Americans during the Civil War

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  1. Emancipation Proclamation/African Americans during the Civil War Standard 4.3 E.Q. How did the Emancipation Proclamation impact the Civil War?

  2. Lincoln thoughts on Slavery • President Lincoln did not approve of slavery, but he only focused on preserving the Union. • WANTED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY BUT DID NOT BELIEVE IN EQUALITY!!!!!! • Stated if he could resolve the slavery issue send all African Americans to Libra.

  3. Reasons for Emancipation • Confiscation Act: which ordered the seizure of land from disloyal southerners and the emancipation of their slaves. • Appeal to the strong antislavery sentiment in Britain • Weaken the Confederacy’s ability to wage war by removing their source of labor. • President Lincoln would establish Emancipation after a major victory for the Union • Antietam

  4. Emancipation Proclamation • Emancipation Proclamation: the liberation of slaves behind confederate lines. • DID NOT immediately free any slaves • Military action aimed at the states that rebelled. • Did not apply to area already occupied by Union (To keep neutral states from seceding)

  5. Benefits of Emancipation • It united the Republican Party • Gave a moral purpose to the war • It prevented Great Britain from entering the war. • It allowed blacks to enlist.

  6. Views on the war • Democrats: claimed it prolong the war by antagonizing the South • Soldiers: neutral as it would end the war quicker. • The Confederacy: if it lost, its slave society would perish. • The Union: knew that it could only win by completely defeating the South.

  7. Role of African American military • Faced discrimination: • Served in separate regiments under white officers • Could not rise above the rank of captain (traditional scouts or front line) • Higher morality rate • Jobs = diseases • No clothing allowance • Believe by fighting would lead to black citizenship. • Not treated as POW (prisoners of war) • Either shot on the spot or returned to slavery.

  8. Fort Wagner and advantages of the Emancipation • Southern prison fort • Over 200 black prisoners were killed with their white commander. • Slaves in the south that couldn’t run would destroy the plows, fences, weapons, etc. to prevent economic growth of the South.

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