Question 95 of 128

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Accepted Answers

  • • Freed the slaves
  • • Freed slaves in the Confederacy
  • • Freed slaves in the Confederate states
  • • Freed slaves in most Southern states

Why This Matters

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863) declared slaves in Confederate states to be free, changing the war's purpose.

Memory Tip

Emancipation = freed slaves in Confederate states.

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1800s(American History)

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