USCIS Civics · Question 95 of 128
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves
Also accepted: Freed slaves in the Confederacy · Freed slaves in the Confederate states · Freed slaves in most Southern states
In plain English
The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves. President Lincoln issued it in 1863, during the Civil War. It freed slaves in the Confederate states — the states fighting against the Union. After this, many freed men joined the Union Army. The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves.