All of the following were goals that Lincoln hoped to accomplish by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation EXCEPT which one? A. He hoped it would encourage slaves in the rebelling states to help the Union in defeating their masters. B. He hoped it would keep England and France from helping the Confederacy. C. He hoped it would give the nation a greater focus on the war effort. D. He hoped it would appease all the abolitionists in the North who were speaking out against the war.\
