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Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation . Concept 6: Civil War & Reconstruction PO 2 Analyze aspects of the Civil war: Effect of Emancipation Proclamation/turning points. Emancipation Proclamation. President Lincoln One of the most important documents of American History

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Emancipation Proclamation

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  1. Emancipation Proclamation Concept 6: Civil War & Reconstruction PO 2 Analyze aspects of the Civil war: Effect of Emancipation Proclamation/turning points.

  2. Emancipation Proclamation • President Lincoln • One of the most important documents of American History • Paved the way for 13th Amendment (1865) Abolition of Slavery • Military Decree • Announced on 9-22-1862 • Freed all enslaved people in states still in rebellion after January 1, 1863 • Did not apply to Loyal Border States or places that were already Union Military Control • Intent was to convince some southern states to surrender before January 1st deadline.

  3. Turning Point • Northerners; defined war about slavery • Southerners: fight to end no negotiations possible • Encourages Blacks to join Union Army (2 mo’s prior Congress passed Militia Act). • Recruitment for African Americans begin

  4. African Americans in Civil War • Union Army recruited • 54th Massachusetts Regiment • 180,000 join at wars end • 70,000 die • If captured killed • Enslaved helped by being scouts, feeding Union soldiers • Often given menial jobs, i.e. cooks, dug latrines.

  5. Conscription Act of 1863 (draft) • Met demands for fresh troops • Any white man (actual able-bodied man) ages 20-45 • A man could pay as much $300.00 for a replacement • Poor and immigrant • Worried jobs would be lost to African Americans • Led to Violence • NY Riot July of 1863 • Lincoln suspends “Habeas Corpus”

  6. Analysis Activity Was there approval in the North for continuing in the Civil War after the Emancipation Proclamation and Conscription Act of 1863? Directions • Your team will receive an envelope with 12 documents. • Your objective is to analyze the information, fill in the document analysis chart and answer the focus questions below. Remember you may Mark up the Text in each document to help you understand the meaning and value of each document. • Step 1: Fill in the evidence analysis chart. • Step 2: Answer the focus questions as you read the documents • Step 3: If you need more space use the back-side of your paper.

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