Antietam & Emancipation Proclamation

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Land battles were mostly fought in states east of the Mississippi River and south of the Ohio River.

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The Western Theater (primarily Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia)

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Sea battles occurred along the Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The Naval Blockade as part of the Anaconda Plan

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The Battle of Antietam was fought in September 1862 in what state?

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Maryland

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Antietam was the war's first major battle on Union soil and the result was

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A draw

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Lincoln aimed to free all slaves in states engaged in rebellion by this Executive Order.

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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Main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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To declare all persons held as slaves in rebellious states to be free.

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The Emancipation Proclamation also provided the Inclusion of who in armed service to the Union.

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Freed persons of suitable condition to serve in the U.S. military.

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Author of the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Abraham Lincoln

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What should have happened at the Battle of Antietam?

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Union General George McClellan should have continued pursuing Lee's forces; by doing that the war may have ended earlier.

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What was the main problem with the Emancipation Proclamation according to abolitionists?

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It only freed the slaves in the Deep South, not the Border States.