Question

Which of the following best illustrates how the Battle of Antietam affected President Lincoln’s view of the war?
It made Lincoln continue to worry the Union might lose the war.
It encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
It discouraged Lincoln from issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
It forced Lincoln to consider replacing General Burnside.

Answer 1

It encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Answer 2

b) It encouraged Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Explanation:

• The Emancipation Proclamation widened the objectives of the Civil War. Where slavery was a major problem prior to war, the only aim Lincoln had mentioned was to sustain the Union at the beginning of the war. The proclamation established a specific goal of the Union war campaign to free slavery.
• As assured, Lincoln put on hold to make public the proclamation till he could do so on the heels of a successful Union military advance. On 22 Sept  1862, after the victory at the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln officially declared a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, whereby he proclaiming all slaves free in the rebellious states as of 1st January  1863