How Did the Northern Public Respond to Abraham Lincoln's Preliminary

How did the northern public respond to Abraham Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation?

A) Although abolitionists vehemently opposed it as a lukewarm measure,most northerners accepted it as a necessary step toward military victory.
B) Most northerners embraced the proclamation because it gave a deeper meaning to the bloody fighting they had endured beyond a return to the status quo antebellum.
C) Many northerners looked on the proclamation unfavorably and made their displeasure known by voting for Lincoln's political opponents.
D) Northerners were almost unanimously opposed to the measure,and responded to it by giving anti-war politicians a convincing majority in Congress after the 1862 elections.