Emancipation Proclamation

Question 1

When did the Emancipation Proclamation take effect?

Answer 1

1st Jan 1863

Question 2

Where did Lincoln free slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 2

In slave states in the Confederacy (which were out of Union control) but not in border states

Question 3

How did the Emancipation Proclamation prevent foreign acknowledgement of the South?

Answer 3

It made the war a moral issue over slavery rather than the South’s independence

Britain and France had abolished slavery so couldn’t support the South

Question 4

How did the Emancipation Proclamation reduce Confederate ability to raise foreign loans?

Answer 4

Slavery property was no longer an asset that could be relied on by creditors

Question 5

How many black Americans joined Union forces?

Answer 5

179,000

Question 6

At what point were black Americans actually used in combat in Union forces?

Answer 6

1865

Question 7

Was the Emancipation Proclamation important for Union victory?

Answer 7

Not really

Not universally popular in the North

Britain and France not likely to provide aid to the South out of fear of war anyway