Why did the Emancipation Proclamation apply only to states outside of the Union?

Question

(1 point)
President Lincoln only had the authority to ban slavery in the Confederacy, not
the Union.
President Lincoln wanted to preserve slavery in the Union but punish
Confederate states.
rThe Reconstruction Amendments already banned slavery inside the U.S.
• States within the Union had already abolished slavery.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: President Lincoln only had the authority to ban slavery in the Confederacy, not the Union.

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued as a war measure aimed at weakening the Confederacy, and as such, it applied only to those states in rebellion against the federal government. Lincoln did not have the constitutional authority to unilaterally abolish slavery in states that were loyal to the Union.