Assignment:
Please Read “The Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863” and answer the following questions with full complete sentences.
1. Discuss the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation.
2. What does President Lincoln urge freedmen to abstain from in the Emancipation Proclamation?
3. Identify some of the newly recognized opportunities directed for freedmen as established by the Proclamation.
4. How did President Abraham Lincoln use the Declaration of Independence to rationalize the Civil War in the Gettysburg Address?
5. Analyze the message found in the Battle Hymn Republic.