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Why did the Emancipation Proclamation apply only to states outside of the Union?(1 point) Responses President Lincoln only had the authority to ban slavery in the Confederacy, not the Union. President Lincoln only had the authority to ban slavery in the Confederacy, not the Union. President Lincoln wanted to preserve slavery in the Union but punish Confederate states. President Lincoln wanted to preserve slavery in the Union but punish Confederate states. rThe Reconstruction Amendments already banned slavery inside the U.S. rThe Reconstruction Amendments already banned slavery inside the U.S. States within the Union had already abolished slavery. States within the Union had already abolished slavery.
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The correct response is: **President Lincoln only had the authority to ban slavery in the Confederacy, not the Union.**
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was a wartime measure aimed at undermining the Confederacy by declaring the freedom of enslaved people in the rebel states. He did not have the constitutional authority to abolish slavery in the border states that remained loyal to the Union, where slavery was still legal at the time.
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was a wartime measure aimed at undermining the Confederacy by declaring the freedom of enslaved people in the rebel states. He did not have the constitutional authority to abolish slavery in the border states that remained loyal to the Union, where slavery was still legal at the time.