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
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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
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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

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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

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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

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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

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7
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the emancipation proclamation was passed in 1862 by ___________

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congress

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many argue that emancipation proclamation

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lengthened the war

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___________ accounted for 10% of the union army by war’s end

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african americans

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