1. SWBAT: Explain how Lincoln reframed the purpose of the war with executive war powers

2. How does this cartoon reflect Lincoln’s goal for the Union?

3. One of the oldest civil liberties Means literally: “having the body” or “you have the body” When a writ is issued, the officer in charge of a prisoner is required by the court to show cause for why the prisoner is being held A protection against arbitrary arrest May 25, 1861: Lincoln suspended right of habeas corpus  “dark side of his presidency”

4. Confederacy set slaves to work as military laborers  blacks began to escape in larger numbers to the Union End of 1861: Union military adopted plan to treat escaped slaves as “contraband” (property of military value subject to confiscation) Housed in “contraband camps” Educated in “contraband schools”

5. Abolitionists and Radical Republicans concluded the institution of slavery must become a target of the Union war effort Frederick Douglass: “fire must be met with water, darkness with light, and war for the destruction of liberty must be met with war for the destruction of slavery” Congress prohibited returning fugitive slaves Abolition in D.C. and territories Proposed border states gradually emancipate slaves Revived idea of colonization

6. After Lee was forced to retreat at Antietam, Lincoln issued Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Warned the South, if they did not lay down arms by end of 1862, he would declaration abolition  Northern racial fears increased

7. Pleased free blacks, abolitionists, “contrabands”, & slaves in the south (once they learned of the document and/or were liberated after Union victories) Turning point in Lincoln’s thinking Committed the government to enlist black soldiers  54 th Regiment Glory, 1989

8. In what areas were slaves NOT emancipated? Short term, what kind of effect did the document have?

9. Contextualization & Making Inferences: Read the excerpt from the “Emancipation Proclamation” With your partner, complete the “Local Context”, “Broad Context”, and “Other Context”Other Context Is “The Great Emancipator” an appropriate nickname for Lincoln?