Timeline of Events Leading to the Emancipation Proclamation
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Emancipation Proclamation: A Primary Source Analysis
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Storyboard Description
The Emancipation Proclamation Timeline - The timeline storyboard graphic organizer can be utilized to show a series of several events leading to the ultimate issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Students will be able to analyze and connect the series of events, helping put the proclamation in a more historical narrative. Students and teachers alike can also choose any and every event of the Civil War, including wartime laws, orders, battles, etc. In addition to this, students will be able to better grasp the narrative that ultimately leads Lincoln to finally issue the document on both a moral basis as well as a military one.
Storyboard Text
- BATTLE OF FORT SUMTER
- EVENTS LEADING TO THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
- The Battle of Ft. Sumter marks the start of the Civil War. While there were no casualties, Fort Sumter was fired upon by Confederate forces. The Union troops surrender.
- BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG
- BATTLE OF ANTIETAM
- In the bloodiest single-day battle of the entire war, over 23,000 men died or went missing. The battle was a reminder that the war was deadlier than anyone imagined, and would not be over soon.
- Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeated Union General Burnside. The battle was a reminder of loss and lack of progress on the Union's part to dispel Confederate forces.
- BATTLE OF GALVESTON
- The Battle of Galveston was another Confederate victory. Both a naval and land battle, Union General William Renshaw was defeated by Confederate General John Magruder.
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUES THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
- President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which called for freeing of all slaves in rebellious states and counties. The aim: Weaken the Southern economy and add numbers to the Union Army's side.
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