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Emancipation Proclamation & The 13th Amendment
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Emancipation Proclamation & The 13th Amendment
Which had the GREATER impact?
Looking at your notes, you decide!
Which had the greater impact on the United States?
Explain your answer, providing evidence to support it.
Emancipation Proclamation
Differences?
Similarities? (+)
Emancipate: being set free; to liberate
Proclaim/Proclamation: to announce officially or publicly
- Both were movements to end slavery
- Both happened as a result of the Civil War and were politically charged
- Both were actions taken to help keep the Union intact
- Abraham Lincoln supported both
- Emancipation was an executive order (something the president says needs to be followed), while the 13th Amendment was an addition to the Constitution
- Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the Confederacy, while the 13th Amendment freed all slaves in the United States
- The Emancipation encouraged former slaves (contrabands) to join the Union army and/or work for a decent wage ($)
- The 13th Amendment became an official law in 1865
Similarities? (-)
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
- Limited in many ways -- It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states
- It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control
- Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory
Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation, it captured the hearts and imagination of millions of Americans and fundamentally transformed the character of the war
- Neither worked quickly, nor well
- Racism is still a problem
- Government did not help free African Americans as much as they needed to
13th Amendment
A direct addition to the constitution that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States. It was the primary piece of legislation that permanently ended the institution of slavery in the United States of America.
- Though many slaves had been declared free by Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, their post-war status was uncertain until the Senate passed this Amendment after the Civil War in 1865.