Which describes Southerners' reactions to President Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

A. They felt confident that England would now join the Confederate side.

B. They knew that defeat in the war would mean the complete end of slavery.

C. They believed that a negotiated peace with the North was now possible.

D. They saw it as a sign that the North was near defeat and the South would win the war.

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They knew that defeat in the war would mean the complete end of slavery.                

Explanation:

As an individual, Lincoln hated slavery. As a Republican, he wished to exclude it from the territories as the first step to putting the institution “in the course of ultimate extinction.

zoom in on the bill of rights. the other side was just as divided: some antifederalists opposed the constitution only because it lacked a bill of rights, and others opposed it on other grounds and merely used the bill of rights as an excuse to campaign against it.

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