Question

Which of these BEST describes the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

a. It allowed slavery to remain unaltered in states who already used slave labor.
b. The President publicly endorsed the abolition of slavery in southern states.
c. Former slaves were afforded the right to join the war effort.
d. It immediately freed the slaves throughout the country.

Answer 1

In case you are using USATestPrep, the answer is B. D sounds like the correct answer, but take it from someone who just got the question wrong.

Answer 2

The Emancipation Proclamation was based around the following phrase:

"All persons held as slaves [in the slave-states] are and shall henceforth be free"

This corresponds to the last option - it immediately (and forever) freed all the slaves (in the other slaves, everyone was free already)