What made freeing the slaves a new focus for the Civil War?

Question

a
The Battle of Vicksburg
b
The Emancipation Proclamation
c
The Fugitive Slave Act
d
The Battle of Bull Run

Answer 1

The correct answer is b. The Emancipation Proclamation.

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared the freedom of all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory, which shifted the focus of the war to include the abolition of slavery as a central goal alongside the preservation of the Union.