In issuing the emancipation proclamation, one of lincoln's goals was to (a) gain the active aid of britain and france in restoring the union (b) stir up enthusiasm for the war in such border states as maryland and kentucky (c) the radicals in the north by abolishing slavery in areas of the south already under the control of union armies (d) russia, one of the union's few overseas friends, where the serfs had been emancipated the previous year (e) keep britain and france from intervening on the side of the confederacy.

A.

Lincoln was attempting to make the war about the South's slaves so that the now largely slave-less France and Britain would refuse to support the South.

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regarding the law, the 15th amendment was specifically designed thinking in the rights of black free men.

even though ratified on february 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th amendment would not be fully applied for a long time.poll taxes and literacy tests would allow southern states disenfranchise african americans. only in 1965 the voting rights for african americans would be actually able to vote in the south.

in 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented african americans from voting as it was guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the u.s. constitution.