Question

Which of the following is true about the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 1

The Emancipation Proclamation was a speech wrote by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that was written to end the civil war, which had been going on for 3 years at this point, and also freed the slaves.

Answer 2

It changed the significance of the war.

It did not free slaves in already occupied Southern territory.

It ended the threat of English recognition of the Confederacy.

It freed very few slaves immediately.