The political effects of the Emancipation Proclamation were to
a. bolster public support for the war and the Republican party.
b. increase conflict between Lincoln and the radical wing of the Republican party.
c. turn the Democratic party from support of the war toward favoring recognition of the Confederacy.
d. weaken support for the Union among British and French public opinion.
e. strengthen the North's moral cause but weaken the Lincoln administration in the Border States and parts of the North.
Answer: E