1. The emancipation proclamation solely affected states that had seceded from the union. The south’s economy relied heavily on slaves in general and also in order to continue fighting in the war. Therefore the majority of slave owners did not follow the proclamation. Additionally slavery was seen as part of the south’s ‘culture’ and since the proclamation did not affect slavery in other non-rebellious states it was considered outrageous.
2. South Carolina was the first to secede. Lincoln claimed that states did not have the right to secede from the union for many reasons, but most importantly that secession would destroy the world’s only existing democracy.
3. Robert E. Lee was the confederate general during the civil war. He commanded the most successful of the southern armies, became a symbol of the South, and was even offered the command of the Federal forces by Lincoln(which he declined before accepting a general position in the confederate army).
4. Ulysses S. Grant was the Union general during the civil war. He led the Union armies to victory over the confederacy, and later became the 18th president of the United States. He became the symbol of Union victory.
5. Lincoln’s assassination damaged the north and south’s relationship. It gave the radical republicans an excuse to be harder in the south, and across the southern states ‘black codes’ were enacted to punish the recently freed slave population.
