Question

The Emancipation Proclamation:

A.ended the Civil War.

B.allowed slavery in the western territories.

C.allowed African Americans to join the Union military.

D.compromised the issue of slavery by allowing the South to keep 25% of their slaves.

Answer 1

The answer would be A

Answer 2

A. Ended the Civil War

Step-by-step explanation:

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."