Question
11 African Americans and the Civil War
How many states had exceptions from the Emancipation Proclamation?
1. 8
2. 7
3. 9
4. 10
How many states had exceptions from the Emancipation Proclamation?
1. 8
2. 7
3. 9
4. 10
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, did not apply to slave-holding border states that remained in the Union or to specific areas in the Confederacy that were under Union control at the time. Therefore, the correct answer is:
**2. 7**
These states are Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri (the border states) and parts of Virginia, Tennessee, and Louisiana that were under Union control.
**2. 7**
These states are Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri (the border states) and parts of Virginia, Tennessee, and Louisiana that were under Union control.