United StatesQuestion 95 (2025 list) · The 1800s
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
- aEnded the Civil War
- bGave women the right to vote
- cDeclared independence from Britain
- dFreed slaves in the Confederate statesCorrect answer
Why?
The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) freed the slaves in the Confederate states; you could also say it freed the slaves. The Civil War itself ended later, in 1865.
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