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Question 95

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

  1. Freed slaves in the Confederate statesCorrect answer
  2. Granted women the right to vote.
  3. Freed slaves in the ConfederacyCorrect answer
  4. Freed the slavesCorrect answer

Official answer

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

Explanation

The Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people in areas still rebelling against the United States to be free as of January 1, 1863. It did not immediately abolish slavery everywhere; nationwide abolition came with the 13th Amendment.

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