AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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Question
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Free African Americans were allowed to fight for the Confederacy.
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Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy.
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Enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the North.
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Enslaved people in border states were allowed to become Confederate citizens.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy. Explanation: On 22 September, the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln declared that as from January 1, 1863, all slaves in the states presently involved in revolt against the Union shall forever free.”
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -In 1862, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation opened the door for African Americans to enlist in the Union Army. Although many had wanted to join the war effort earlier, they were prohibited from enlisting by a federal law dating back to 1792.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following was specifically permitted by the Emancipation Proclamation? Free African Americans were allowed to fight for the Confederacy. Free African Americans were allowed to enlist in the Union army and navy.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Proclamation broadened the goals of the Union war effort; it made the eradication of slavery into an explicit Union goal, in addition to the reuniting of the country. The Proclamation also prevented European forces from intervening in the war on behalf of the Confederacy.