Which of the following statements is true about the coming of emancipation? A. The Radical Republicans opposed emancipation. B. President Lincoln declared total emancipation immediately after the Confederacy fired the first shots of the war in April 1861. C. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 even though he thought it was politically and militarily unnecessary. D. Most Democrats supported emancipation. E. Enslaved people helped to propel the U.S. toward emancipation by escaping to Union lines.

Which of the following statements is true about the coming of emancipation? A. The Radical Republicans opposed emancipation. B. President Lincoln declared total emancipation immediately after the Confederacy fired the first shots of the war in April 1861. C. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 even though he thought it was politically and militarily unnecessary. D. Most Democrats supported emancipation. E. Enslaved people helped to propel the U.S. toward emancipation by escaping to Union lines.

	A.	The Radical Republicans opposed emancipation.
	B.	President Lincoln declared total emancipation immediately after the Confederacy fired the first shots of the war in April 1861.
	C.	Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 even though he thought it was politically and militarily unnecessary.
	D.	Most Democrats supported emancipation.
	E.	Enslaved people helped to propel the U.S. toward emancipation by escaping to Union lines.