Which statement about the Emancipation Proclamation is true?

Which statement about the Emancipation Proclamation is true?

• A. Ended slavery nationwide
• B. Freed the slaves (in the Confederacy)
• C. Freed slaves in all states
• D. Created the 13th Amendment

Answer: (B)

The main idea tested is what the Emancipation Proclamation actually did and did not do. It declared that enslaved people in the Confederate states that were in rebellion as of January 1, 1863 are freed. It did not free enslaved people in border states that remained in the Union or in areas already under Union control, and it did not end slavery nationwide. The nationwide abolition came later with the 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865. So the statement that best describes the Proclamation is that it freed slaves in the Confederacy.

The main idea tested is what the Emancipation Proclamation actually did and did not do. It declared that enslaved people in the Confederate states that were in rebellion as of January 1, 1863 are freed. It did not free enslaved people in border states that remained in the Union or in areas already under Union control, and it did not end slavery nationwide. The nationwide abolition came later with the 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865. So the statement that best describes the Proclamation is that it freed slaves in the Confederacy.