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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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Correct answer

Freed enslaved people in the Confederate states — declared by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863

  1. A Freed enslaved people in the Confederate states — declared by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863
  2. B Gave women the right to vote
  3. C Established the income tax
  4. D Ended World War I

Why this is the answer

The EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (1863) freed enslaved people in the Confederate (rebel) states. USCIS Question 74 (65/20 list): '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. Note: It did not free slaves in the Border States that remained in the Union; the 13th Amendment (1865) abolished slavery throughout the entire United States. Lincoln issued it as a war measure and a moral turning point of the Civil War.
Source: USCIS Civics Question 74 (65/20) — Emancipation Proclamation

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About this topic: American History

Colonial era, independence, the Constitution, slavery and the Civil War, the world wars, civil rights movement, recent events. Key figures, dates, and reasons matter. This is one of 12 Civics (65+ Applicants) questions on american history, each with a full explanation on a single study page.

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