1)What was the significance of the proclamation not taking effect immediately? 2. Why doesn’t the Emancipation proclamation simply declare immediate freedom for all people enslaved anywhere in the U. S.?

3. Even though Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation holds out the promise that slavery may be maintained in many regions of the United States, how might African Americans, both free and enslaved have worked to make the Civil War into an antislavery crusade?

4. How did Lincoln’s viewpoints change from his First Inaugural Address to the Emancipation Proclamation?

5. What effect will the Emancipation Proclamation have on people? Who will be impacted? How?