All 128 questions · American History / B: 1800s
2025 Civics Test · Question 95 of 128
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
En español: ¿Qué hizo la Proclamación de Emancipación? — ver en español
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Accepted answers (USCIS M-1778)
- Freed the slaves
- Freed slaves in the Confederacy
- Freed slaves in the Confederate states
- Freed slaves in most Southern states
Why this is the answerIt freed slaves in the Confederate states in 1863 — not everywhere, which is the detail people miss. The 13th Amendment two years later finished the job.
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