Question

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

It freed enslaved workers in Confederate territory.
It declared war on the Confederate states.
It declared that the Confederate states would secede.
It officially ended the Civil War with a treaty.

Answer 1

It freed enslaved people in Confederate-held territory.

Explanation: Issued by President Lincoln effective Jan 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared enslaved people in states still in rebellion to be free. It did not declare war, did not recognize or declare secession, and did not end the war — nationwide abolition was completed later by the 13th Amendment.