BIOL 4141 : Lab Exam 3
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Sought to reunite the u. s. after the devastating war: wartime reconstruction, 1862-1864. The constitution did not answer two questions, was the union perpetual and was whether or not slavery should be allowed. President lincoln believed the union was perpetual and that slavery should be abolished, but he did not know how to abolish the institution. Lincoln did not want to destroy the south, he wanted to keep the country united while abolishing slavery. He believed that if he abolished slavery, he could weaken the south to reunite the nation. Only liberated slaves in states at war with the. Union, or only slaves in the confederate states. (e. g. Louisiana in 1862, but the emancipation proclamation didn"t free the slaves in la due to the state being under union control. ) Made slavery a central issue of the civil war. The proclamation would cripple southern economy and help the union win the war.
