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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