1. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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ended World War One
freed the slaves
gave the U.S. independence from Great Britain
gave the United States freedom from Great Britain

Answer 1

The correct answer is: freed the slaves.

The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were to be set free. It was a significant step toward the abolition of slavery in the United States.