President lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation after seeing the union’s effectiveness at the battle of antietam.
realizing the south could win and slavery would not end.
seeing general mcclellan lose at antietam.
watching general lee capture washington, dc.

A The Union’s effectiveness at the Battle of Antietam.

peasants’ war, (1524–25) peasant uprising in germany inspired by changes brought by the reformation, peasants in western and southern germany invoked   divine law to demand agrarian rights and freedom from oppression by nobles and landlords. as the uprising spread, some peasant groups organized armies. although the revolt was supported huldrych zwingli and thomas müntzerits condemnation by martain luther contributed to its defeat, principally by the army of the swabian league. some 100,000 peasants were killed. reprisals and increased restrictions discouraged further attempts to improve the peasants’ plight.

i think it would be " a" i might be wrong tho