restatement of the main idea (i think)
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: <span>Before he could issue the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln waited for the rebellion to cease in the Southern states because that makes the Proclamation to take ineffectively. </span>When the Confederacy did not yield, Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863.
Whenever you are making an inference it has something to do with a certain quote or something that’s from the passage. That gives you evidence about your guess.