Ap us history question:
at the turn of the century, several nations were competing for internal empires. after the spanish-american war, the united states government sought to extend and solidify its influence in the western hemisphere. analyze the effects of american foreign policy in latin america in the period 1899 to 1917.

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the emancipation proclamation was the aim of the war change to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the union. the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the u.s. was passed on december 6th 1865.

as promised, lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so with success from the union military advance. on september 22nd 1862, after a victory at antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of january 1st 1863.