The following document is the Emancipation Proclamation, made by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862. The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.
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1 European immigrants flooded onto the Great Plains, seeking political or religious freedom, or simply to escape poverty in their own country. 2  Younger sons from the eastern seaboard-where the population was growing and land was becoming more expensive-went because it was a chance to own their own land.he poor soil and harsh climate discouraged them (along with the fact that the Plains were officially 'Indian territory'), land was expensive to buy, and anybody wanting to go west faced a long, dangerous and uncomfortable journey.