USA CITIZENSHIP TEST
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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freed the slaves
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gave women the right to vote
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made abortion illegal
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declared war
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Detailed explanation-1: -That changed on September 22, 1862, when President Lincoln issued his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that enslaved people in those states or parts of states still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863, would be declared free.
Detailed explanation-2: -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."
Detailed explanation-3: -The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves in the United States. Rather, it declared free only those slaves living in states not under Union control.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some emancipated slaves quickly fled from the neighborhood of their owners, while others became wage laborers for former owners. Most importantly, African Americans could make choices for themselves about where they labored and the type of work they performed.