Question

What key political decision made by Abraham Lincoln helped change the nature of the war in the Union's favor?


passing the Thirteenth Amendment

allowing southern states to secede

running for reelection

issuing the Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 1

The key political decision made by Abraham Lincoln that helped change the nature of the war in the Union's favor was **issuing the Emancipation Proclamation**. This executive order, issued on January 1, 1863, declared the freedom of all enslaved people in the Confederate states. It not only aimed to weaken the Confederacy's labor force but also transformed the Civil War into a struggle for liberty, allowing the Union to recruit African American soldiers and garner support from abolitionists and anti-slavery factions in the North and abroad.