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MOST AMERICANS THINK THAT THE 'EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION' IS THE SAME THING AS THE 13th AMENDMENT, i.e., that the Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery in the USA on 1 JANUARY 1863.  THAT IS NOT TRUE. THEREFORE, THE POINT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT IS FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE TWO HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT LAWS WERE THE SAME, AND HOW THEY WERE DIFFERENT, IN TIME AND SPACE.  COMPARE THEM AND CONTRAST THEM.  WHAT DID THE 13th AMENDMENT DO THAT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DID NOT DO?  What is the difference between a Presidential EXECUTIVE ORDER and AN AMENDMENT TO THE USA CONSTITUTION?

5 W's:

1. What?

2. When?

3. Where?

4. Who?

3-5 PAGES, TYPED, DOUBLE-SPACED, DUE THE DAY OF THE FINAL EXAM. 13 DECEMBER (THURSDAY)

5, Why is this an important issue?