Understanding the Emancipation Proclamation
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A reading comprehension worksheet exploring the significance and impact of the Emancipation Proclamation during the American Civil War.
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Understanding the Emancipation Proclamation
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Introduction to the Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It declared the freedom of all enslaved people in Confederate states that were in rebellion against the Union. The Proclamation transformed the Civil War into a fight against slavery and aimed to weaken the Confederacy by depriving it of its labor force.
Source A: Lincoln’s Address announcing the Proclamation
'That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 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.' Provenance: Lincoln’s official proclamation, January 1, 1863.
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