Question

Which of the following were true of the Emancipation Proclamation? A) It freed very few slaves immediately. It freed the slaves in the border states. B) It came after the victory at Gettysburg. C) It did not free slaves in already occupied Southern territory.D) It ended the threat of English recognition of the Confederacy. E) It laid the foundation for the Fifteenth Amendment. F) It changed the significance of the war.

Answer 1

The answer is letter B. It freed the slaves in the Border States.

The Emancipation Proclamation was the presidential proclamation that had lead to the freedom of many slaves in the borders of the United States. Because of this, the slave were legally freed from their owners after the Emancipation Proclamation.