Question

Lincoln knew that he needed a battlefield victory before he could issue the Emancipation Proclamation, so he was forced to wait until the Battle of ________. Which term best completes the sentence? Bull Run Gettysburg Antietam Fredericksburg

Answer 1

Battle of Antietam

Step-by-step explanation:

The secretary of State William Seward thought that Lincoln should wait for a victory, lest emancipation be seen as a desperate act of a losing nation.