How did the emancipation proclamation become a turning point in the civil war? a) the war became less important to northerners. b) the war was now officially about slavery. c) the war now reached across the country. d) the war became less important to southerners.

The correct answer is B. The Emancipation Proclamation became a turning point in the Civil War, as after this event, the war was officially about slavery.

The Emancipation Proclamation expanded the objectives of the Civil War. While slavery had been a major problem that led to war, Lincoln's only mission at the beginning of it was to maintain the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation made slaves an explicit objective of the Union's war effort. Establishing the abolition of slavery as one of the two main objectives of war served to deter the intervention of Britain and France.

- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."