PPT-At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March

African AmericanBlack History Month African AmericanBlack History Month In 2013 the United States will commemorate two events that changed the course of the nationthe 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1963 March on Washington . Today’s Essential Question: How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the war?. Section 1 – The Emancipation Proclamation. Vocabulary . emancipation – the act of freeing someone. proclamation – an announcement. Road to Abolition War. Ben Butler’s Contraband Policy (May 1861). First Confiscation Act (August 1861). Fremont issues first Emancipation Proclamation. Gen. David Hunter emancipates slaves in S.C., GA, FL. The Politics of War. Objectives:. A. To explain why Britain remained neutral. B. To explain Lincoln’s motives for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation and the document’s effects. C. To identify the political dilemmas facing the North and the South.. Created 11.30.2011. What is a Presidential Proclamation?. Presidential proclamations . are made in an effort. to . help identify. a . current condition or event.. . For . example, it may be used to notify citizens. Abraham Lincoln. “. all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.". Emancipation. The End of Conciliation. Many Federal generals had sought to wage war consistent with Winfield Scott’s limited approach in Mexico. The idea was to practice a conciliatory policy that held that mild treatment of Southerners, their property, and their institutions would ultimately result in their returning their allegiance to the US. Joshua 24:15. And if it seems evil to you to serve the . Lord. , choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that . were. P. olitics of War. Britain and the Confederacy. The Emancipation Proclamation. Habeas Corpus & Draft Riots. The Trent Affair. The Confederacy dispatched envoys to discuss recognition with Britain. When did the Emancipation Proclamation take effect?. Who has the responsibility of maintaining the freedom of former slaves?. Why does Lincoln believe the Emancipation is a necessary measure?. Where does the Emancipation take effect? (generally). By issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln makes slavery the focus of the war. . NEXT. I. Britain Remains Neutral. A. Britain Pursues Its Own Interests. Britain has cotton inventory, new sources; does not need South. 15.3. President . L. incoln was reluctant to abolish slavery but he changed his mind.. This altered the nature of the Civil War and the lives of African Americans and the future of the USA.. Why it matters. Chapter 15. Section 3. Why It Matters. President Lincoln had been reluctant to abolish slavery. But he changed his mind.. His Emancipation Proclamation would dramatically alter the nature of the war, the lives of African Americans, and the future of the U.S.. The Emancipation Proclamation. How does this cartoon reflect Lincoln’s goal for the Union?. Do Now. One of the oldest civil liberties. Means literally: “having the body” or “you have the body”. I FURTHER DIRECT that as soon as hereafter possible this proclamation be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and that widespread publicity and notice be given of this proclamation IN WITNESS