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Headings: 10 Facts: The Emancipation Proclamation
10 Facts: The Emancipation Proclamation
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Fact #1: Lincoln actually issued the Emancipation Proclamation twice.
Fact #2: The Emancipation Proclamation only applied to the states in rebellion.
Fact #3: Lincoln’s advisors did not initially support the Emancipation Proclamation.
Fact #4: The Battle of Antietam (also known as Sharpsburg) provided the necessary Union victory to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Fact #5: The Emancipation Proclamation was a firm demonstration of the President’s executive war powers.
Fact #6: The Emancipation Proclamation changed the focus of the war.
Fact #7: The Emancipation Proclamation helped prevent the involvement of foreign nations in the Civil War.
Fact #8: The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for African-Americans to fight for their freedom.
Fact #9: The Emancipation Proclamation led the way to total abolition of slavery in the United States.
Fact #10: Lincoln considered the Emancipation Proclamation the crowning achievement of his presidency.

Content: Five months after the Proclamation took effect; the War Department of the United States issued General Orders No. 143, establishing the United States Colored Troops (USCT). By the end of the war, over 200,000 African-Americans would serve in the Union army and navy. Fact #9: The Emancipation Proclamation led the way to total abolition of slavery in the United States. With the Emancipation Proclamation, the aim of the war changed to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the Union. Although the Proclamation initially freed only the slaves in the rebellious states, by the end of the war the Proclamation had influenced and prepared citizens to advocate and accept abolition for all slaves in both the North and South. The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States, was passed on December 6th, 1865. Fact #10: