Question

The Emancipation proclamation

a. ended the war immediately
b. decreed freedom for all enslaved people in the states still in rebellion against the United States
c. decreed freedom for all enslaved people in the loyal border states
d. amended the Constitution to free all enslaved people
A.

1
B.

2
C.

3
D.

4

Answer 1

decreed freedom for all enslaved people in the loyal border states

Answer 2

2(B) It basically just stated that all slaves were free, so if they escaped they could not be hunted down/recaptured according to law.