The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in which area?

The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in which area?

• A. Confederate States
• B. Free States
• C. Border States
• D. United States

Answer: (A)

It freed slaves in the Confederate States—the areas in rebellion against the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation was a wartime order that declared enslaved people in states that had seceded and were fighting the Union to be free. It didn’t free slaves in the border states that stayed in the Union or in areas already under Union control, and it wasn’t a nationwide abolition law. The freeing of all enslaved people nationwide wouldn’t come until the 13th Amendment, but this proclamation changed the war’s purpose and set the stage for broader abolition.

It freed slaves in the Confederate States—the areas in rebellion against the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation was a wartime order that declared enslaved people in states that had seceded and were fighting the Union to be free. It didn’t free slaves in the border states that stayed in the Union or in areas already under Union control, and it wasn’t a nationwide abolition law. The freeing of all enslaved people nationwide wouldn’t come until the 13th Amendment, but this proclamation changed the war’s purpose and set the stage for broader abolition.