Question

What did President Lincoln hope to accomplish by issuing the
Emancipation Proclamation?
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A. to strengthen the strategic Anaconda Plan
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B. increase the stronghold of the naval blockade
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C. to shift the focus of the war from secession to slavery
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D. force secession of the southern states

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) to shift the focus of the war from secession to slavery.

What President Lincoln hoped to accomplish by issuing the

Emancipation Proclamation was "to shift the focus of the war from secession to slavery."

US President Abraham Lincoln issued the "Emancipation Proclamation" on September 22, 1862. It declared the freedom of more than 3 million slaves that worked in the plantations of the Southern States and refocused the purpose of the Civil War on slavery. Lincoln was waiting for a great Union battle victory to announce the proclamation. It was after the victory in the Battle of Antietam of September 1862, in Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Answer 2

President Lincoln intention for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation was to shift the focus of the war from secession to slavery.

The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all person held as slaves should be freed. The Emancipation proclamation was issued on January 1st, 1863.

The Emancipation proclamation also stated that black men were free to join the Navy and union army. This helped strengthen the union army during the war.

Thus, the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln shifted the focus of the war from secession to slavery although it did not entirely stop slavery in the unions that allowed it.

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