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US History
Fort Burrows
Topic 0 – Part 3
Main Idea:
By issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863
Lincoln NOW HAS expanded the goals of the war to include the ending of slavery.
Vocabulary:
emancipate – to set free
Emancipation Proclamation – Lincoln’s 1863 declaration freeing slaves in the Confederacy
Lincoln’s Goal
 When South left – the goal was to restore the Union, not to end slavery
 Lincoln tried to make this clear in a letter he wrote,
“If I could save the union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing
all the slaves , I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving the others alone, I
would also do that.”
Abraham Lincoln, August 22, 1862 quoted in Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln
 Lincoln’s reason for handling the slavery issue so cautiously;
4 slave states remained in the Union
 He was careful not to cause these states to shift their loyalty to the Confederacy
 Resources of the 4 border states might allow the South to turn the tide of the war
The Emancipation Proclamation
 Mid–1862, Lincoln believed he could save the Union only by broadening the goals of the war
 He decided to emancipate enslaved African Americans living in the Confederacy
 Two parts to his decision:
 1st part – in the four loyal slave states, slaves would not be freed
 2nd part–slaves would not be freed in Confederate lands already occupied by the Union,
like the city of New Orleans
 This was meant to punish the rebel states
 Lincoln had practical reasons for his emancipation plan
 3 million working slaves in the Confederacy
 The emancipation would weaken the Confederacy’s ability to carry on war
 Lincoln had to be careful not to anger slave owners in the Union; many
northerners opposed freedom of slaves, they also used slaves for laborers
 When he could free slaves without threatening the Union, he would do so
 The formal Emancipation Proclamation came January 1, 1863
 Emancipation Proclamation changed the purpose of the war
 Save the Union and NOW end slavery
 The proclamation was greeted with JOY! by opponents of slavery
 The South saw the proclamation as a “fiend’s act”
 Europeans, especially the working class, supported the proclamation
 The South would most likely NOT receive any aid from Britain or other
European countries
*** this was a huge blow to the original plans of the Confederacy, they were anticipating aid /recognition
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US History
Fort Burrows
*** TAKS 8.8 B ¿¿ Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation ?
1. _______________________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________________
 At the beginning of the Civil War, thousands of free-blacks volunteered to fight for the Union
 1862, Congress repealed a law that forbade African Americans to serve as soldiers
 Free-blacks and escaped slaves enlisted in the Union Army;
this dramatically
increased the size of the Union Army
 African Americans were assigned to all black units, commanded by white officers
 served as laborers; built roads and guarded supplies
 in the beginning, Black troops received ½ the pay of the white soldiers
 by 1864, they began receiving equal pay;
this was the 1st government action to prove black and white equality
 200,000 African Americans fought for the Union; 40,000 lost their lives
*** TAKS 8.8 B ¿¿ How did African Americans contribute to the Union effort ?
In the North - ________________________________________________________________________
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In the South - _______________________________________________________________________
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1.
What was Lincoln’s primary goals (4) in the war ?
1860 – _______________________________________________________________________
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1861 – _______________________________________________________________________
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1863 – _______________________________________________________________________
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1864 – _______________________________________________________________________
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