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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

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Answer:

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.

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