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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Beginning of the End of Slavery
Goals of the North
~The North wanted to bring the
Union back together
~They wanted slavery
to stay banned
~They also didn’t want the
Confederates to
overpower the Union
Goals of the south
~The south wanted to be their
own country, separate from
the laws of the Union
~They wanted to keep and
expand slavery
The first real battle of the Civil War
~Bull Run,c. July 21, 1861
~4750 killed, wounded
or missing total
~McDowell vs.
Beauregard
~about 35,000 Union soldiers
vs 34,000 Confederate soldiers
The Nation’s Expectations of Bull Run
~Both sides expected an easy victory
~When the North thought that they had won, it turned out that the battle
had just started.
Battle Tactics~Bull Run
~Soldiers from the Union
were not
prepared to attack
~McDowell planned a
surprise flank attack on
Beauregard
Continued
The south needed to
defend richmond, so
they could eventually
make a counter-attack
against Washington
Tactics continued
~C.S.A pushed to Henry
Creek
~C.S.A reinforcements
by rail break Union lines
~Union soldiers scatter, but
Confederates too disorganized
to pursue, still victors
Battle of Antietam
~87,000 union soldiers
~45,000 confederate soldiers
~Fought in Sharpsburg
Maryland
~Bloodiest single day
battle in American
history
Battle Tactics~Battle of Antietam
~The battle of Antietam gave
Lincoln the victory that he
needed to deliver the
emancipation proclamation.
~The Union wanted to push the
war into the southern states
~The border states were the states that had slavery, but still stayed in the union.
~These states were Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia.
~They wanted to stay neutral throughout the war.
(except West Virginia)
Border states
Emancipation proclamation
~Lincoln gave the final emancipation proclamation on January 1st, 1863
~The proclamation helped foreign countries not side with the confederates
~Many african americans joined the union army after the proclamation
~slaves were not free everywhere until the 13th amendment
Main points of Emancipation proclamation
~All slaves in the rebelling states were free
~Once the slaves were released, they would get rights, and could get jobs.
~The military would back the Proclamation
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