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1. 1. After reading "The Great Emancipator," an essay explaining why...
1. After reading "The Great Emancipator," an essay explaining why the Emancipation
Proclamation was a controversial act. I need an introduction, three reasons, three pieces of
supporting evidence, and a conclusion.
2. Which of the following statements would the author most likely agree with?
a. Presidents have to consider many factors and outcomes when they are making a difficult
decision.
b. Presidents should always act immediately to correct an unfair law.
c. People should never criticize any decisions made by the president.
d. Presidents have limited power to make changes.
3. This question has two parts. Answer Part A first, then answer Part B. Part A: Why was the
passage of the Thirteenth Amendment necessary?
a. to stop the criticism Lincoln received after signing the Emancipation Proclamation
b. to end slavery everywhere in the United States
c. to end slavery in the Confederate states
d. because the Emancipation Proclamation was very controversial.
Part B: Choose the sentences from the text that support your answer to Part A
a. "Newspapers and politicians the world over attacked Lincoln for dating to free the
slaves."
b. "To do this, Lincoln encouraged passage of the Thirteenth Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution, outlawing slavery everywhere."
c. "Even now, it remains one of the least understood and most controversial acts in U.S.
history."
d. "As for limiting its reach, Lincoln had no legal authority to free slaves in Union states."
E."Many times in the months to come, advisers urged Lincoln to cancel his proclamation, but
he steadfastly refused."
Article:
1 Nothing Abraham Lincoln ever did as president aroused so much celebration—and so
much anger—as the Emancipation Proclamation. Even now, it remains one of the least
understood and most controversial acts in US history.
2 When it was issued in 1863, many white Americans were outraged, complaining bitterly
that it changed the goal of the Civil War from saving the union to freeing the slaves—a
mission many people could not accept. However, some complaints today about the
proclamation come not from whites but from African Americans, who contend that it

2. accomplished nothing. They argue that the slaves freed themselves by fleeing from
plantations on their own.
3 Lincoln's Proclamation was a moral landmark. it also was a political stroke of Genius that
begin the long-overdue process of crushing slavery.
4 To some, it may seem to have offered too little, too late, as it was not issued until the war
was nearly two years old and at first it freed slaves only in states over which Lincoln had no
control. But Lincoln knew he could not issue his revolutionary document until a majority of
white Northerners were prepared to accept it and until he was sure it would not drive still-
loyal slave states like Maryland into the Confederacy. As for limiting its reach, Lincoln had
no legal authority to free slaves in Union states. Instead, the order was based on the
commander-in-chief's power to seize the property of those in rebellion. Unquestionably, the
slaves themselves had to accomplish with their feet what Lincoln had begun with his pin.
5 Newspapers and politicians the world over attacked Lincoln for daring to free the slaves.
more Union soldiers than ever begin deserting because of the proclamation. many times in
the months to come, advisors urge Lincoln to cancel his Proclamation, but he steadily fast
refused.
6 Lincoln knew that his order had only begun the work of ending slavery. " the Harpoon is
in the monster," he said. now the monster had to be destroyed. To do this, Lincoln
encouraged the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, outlawing
slavery everywhere. Despite its passage, if Lincoln were alive today, he would likely be the
first to admit that the work of ending slavery Still Remains unfinished.
7 Unfortunately, it has become fashionable to question Lincoln's commitment to the
destruction of slavery. In reality, Lincoln truly deserved the title that a great American
bestowed on him in 1863: "Great Emancipator."
Abraham Lincoln signed the final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, freeing
the slaves in all the states of the Confederacy.