Why did the Emancipation Proclamation apply only to states outside of the Union?(1 point)
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States within the Union had already abolished slavery.
States within the Union had already abolished slavery.
President Lincoln wanted to preserve slavery in the Union but punish Confederate states.
President Lincoln wanted to preserve slavery in the Union but punish Confederate states.
The Reconstruction Amendments already banned slavery inside the U.S.
The Reconstruction Amendments already banned slavery inside the U.S.
President Lincoln only had the authority to ban slavery in the Confederacy, not the Union.
1 answer
The correct response is:
President Lincoln wanted to preserve slavery in the Union but punish Confederate states.
The Emancipation Proclamation was primarily a wartime measure aimed at undermining the Confederacy's ability to sustain itself during the Civil War. It declared freedom for slaves in Confederate states but did not apply to slave-holding border states that remained loyal to the Union, as Lincoln sought to keep them in the Union and avoid alienating them.
