Emancipation Proclamation Analysis

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Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation:

- Abraham Lincoln made the decision to fight to prevent the nation from splitting apart. A resolution of Congress led by Abraham early in 1861 stated that the North's aim was to bring the South back into the Union with slavery intact, which was later modified. To win the war, he needed to ensure Europe would not enter the Confederate’s side, which is why he worked towards making them reluctant in entering it.
- His foreign policy was successful in preventing other countries from intervening in America's Civil War. He launched a coordinated propaganda campaign to persuade Europe (but mainly the U.K and France) that the Union was fighting for republican principles against an aristocratic slave power.
- The congress passed the Militia Act authorizing Lincoln to use black soldiers during the civil war but they were paid only half of what the white soldiers are paid. Additionally, they passed a conscription act for the civil war that produced the first wartime draft of U.S. citizens in American history.

- The war to preserve the Union became a revolutionary struggle for the abolition of slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation itself was intended partly as a tool to European opinion, and accounts differ whether Lincoln preferred winning the war with or without the emancipation, but before
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Modern View of Abraham Lincoln:

- Since his death in 1865, Abraham Lincoln has been an iconic American figure depicted—usually favorably or heroically—in many forms. Additionally, he has been the subject of more than 20 movies as the protagonist, and many many more books.
- The movie “Lincoln” was released in 2012, a film based upon “Team of Rivals: The political genius of Abraham Lincoln”.
- In “The greatest America’s president ever” polls, Lincoln is almost certainly in the first