Question

emancipation proclamation
the emancipation proclamation was a policy made by abraham lincoln in 1863. this proclamation was about freeing slaves that will be sent after they were at antietam in 1862. the emancipation proclamation stated that enslaved people in the confederate states were free. although it had no legal bearing, it made the civil war about slavery and gain permission on the issue.
frederick douglass, freed slave and admirer to lincoln, pressured lincoln to make the civil war about slavery to gaine britain
why did great britain refuse to help the confederacy?
they were secretly siding with the union
they were afraid to go war with america
they opposed the south’s support of slavery

Explanation:

To determine why Great Britain refused to help the Confederacy, we analyze the options:

• Option 1 ("They were secretly siding with the Union"): There's no strong evidence of secret siding; Britain was more neutral initially.
• Option 2 ("They were afraid to go to war with America"): While war risk existed, the main reason related to slavery's perception.
• Option 3 ("They opposed the South’s support of slavery"): By the 1860s, Britain had moved against slavery (e.g., abolished in its empire in 1833). Supporting the Confederacy, which relied on slavery, would contradict Britain’s moral and political stance on slavery, making this the most plausible reason.

Answer:

They opposed the South’s support of slavery.