Question

An ornate poster shows the text of the Emancipation Proclamation under a portrait of Abraham Lincoln which is flanked by two U.S. flags and two statues. At the top of the poster is an eagle carrying arrows in one talon, and a shield and olive branches in the other.
Question
Use the image to answer the question.
What did the document shown in this image do?
(1 point)
Responses

freed African American slaves in the Union slave states
freed African American slaves in the Union slave states

freed African American slaves in the Confederate states
freed African American slaves in the Confederate states

freed African American slaves in both the Union and Confederacy
freed African American slaves in both the Union and Confederacy

freed African American slaves in Confederate states captured by the Union

Answer 1

freed African American slaves in the Confederate states

(Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, issued Jan. 1, 1863, declared slaves in the states in rebellion to be free — it exempted border states and areas under Union control.)