Question 3 • DRHS GA-GSE US History A
Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, five days after the Union checked the Confederate invasion at the Battle of Antietam. The Union’s success gave Lincoln a timely moment to announce the policy. The other events either happened later or did not occur: Jackson died in 1863, and Confederate forces never captured Washington, DC.
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