Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln. • The Civil War was between … North and South. West and South. North and West. • Lincoln saved … the Civil War. Washington D.C. the United States. The Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865. Lincoln was President during the Civil War. The Civil War was between the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy). Many Americans died in this war. Lincoln’s job was to keep the North and South together. Return to Lincoln reading. Slaves were blacks who were forced to work for free. Slaves were owned by other persons. Most slaves came from Africa in the 1600’s. Many slaves worked in the fields and in homes in southern United States. Return to Lincoln reading. The Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. This proclamation said that all slaves in the South were free. Return to Lincoln reading. On April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln was at Ford Theatre to see a play called “Our American Cousin.” While he was watching th
