President Lincoln hoped to accomplish several goals by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, but primarily he aimed to shift the focus of the war from secession to slavery. The Proclamation declared that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were to be set free, which redefined the purpose of the Civil War and made abolition a central objective of the Union war effort. This also aimed to weaken the Confederate economy and morale while encouraging enslaved people to escape and join the Union forces.
What did President Lincoln hope to accomplish by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation? (1 point) Responses to strengthen the strategic Anaconda Plan to strengthen the strategic Anaconda Plan increase the stronghold of the naval blockade increase the stronghold of the naval blockade to shift the focus of the war from secession to slavery to shift the focus of the war from secession to slavery force secession of the southern states
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