A lot! Did you know the primary reason for the emancipation
proclamation was not an idealistic moral crusade, but was
instead a rational political strategy? During the US civil war
cotton was the oil of Europe, since the union navy had
successfully blockaded southern ports cotton prices in Europe
sky-rocketed. Riots were common place and European governments
were considering sending their navies to lift the blockades and
aid the rebels. By enacting the emancipation proclamation
Lincoln turned the war into a moral one instead of an economic
one, thereby silencing the threat from Europe. YES!!! Well for
starters, depending on the grade ur in- he basically made all
slaves IN CONFEDERATE STATES free, not union, like A LOT of
people think! it drives me CRAZY! just get that ONE fact down
and you know more than most ppl. Oh... he also started pushing
formore telegraphs and railroads, making the North more
efficient He was later murdered