Emancipation and Effects Flashcards
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1862 - Emancipation Proclamation
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- president Lincoln (wrote it)
- southern slaves are declared free
- had no legal impact on the South at the time (war is still going on)
- may have lengthened the war - due to making the South fight to the end
- told South that the slaves would be free at the end of the war
- victory at Antietam
2
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thousands flee north
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- slaves now know the Union wants slaves to be free
- Slaves who want freedom now flee to the North
- Some slaves fear what the South will do in response
3
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slave solders
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- 180,000 slaves/free-men will serve the Union Army
- 54th Massachusetts is formed - first black regiment
4
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home guards in the south
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- slave owners make sure slaves will not leave
- security guards will be posted to stop any slave trying to escape
5
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13th amendment
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- 1865 - after the war comes to an end
- law had to be passed to officially free the slaves
6
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remember this…
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the emancipation proclamation was meant to serve as a moral boost for the northern army. they now knew what they were fighting for - to free enslaved people in the south
7
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the emancipation proclamation was passed in 1862 by ___________
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congress
8
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many argue that emancipation proclamation
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lengthened the war
9
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___________ accounted for 10% of the union army by war’s end
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african americans