(04.03 mc) why does historian eric foner call the emancipation proclamation "perhaps the most misunderstood of the documents that have shaped american history? " the document did not actually free any slaves at all. it was intended to be a threat and not an actual law. the document freed slaves only in areas of rebellion. it was meant to encourage slaves to leave the country.

they thoght they were going to nuke each other

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.