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Presidential Powers: Economic and Political Measures Undertaken by Lincoln
Readings: review Nash 363-365 and 371-372; handouts of letters between Lincoln and his generals; excerpt from Ex parte Merryman decision; handout of Emancipation Proclamation & related documents (letters between Horace Greeley and Lincoln)


Questions to Consider How do you assess Lincoln’s conduct during the war? Why was a draft law deemed necessary? How did the populace respond to it? Why were the Border States strategically important? How did Lincoln keep them in the Union? What is the Writ of Habeas Corpus? Why did Lincoln suspend habeas corpus? How did Justice Taney view this? How do you view Lincoln’s actions?


More Questions to Consider To what extent was Lincoln the Great Emancipator? What military event made the Emancipation Proclamation possible? What was Lincoln’s purpose in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation? What was the immediate effect of this proclamation? What were the more long-range implications of it? In what ways did African-Americans participate in the Civil War?


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