Question

Read the passage below. Then answer the question that follows using information and evidence from the text.

Answer 1

That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom ...

Answer 2

To which states did this proclamation apply?

A.states in the United States

B. states fighting the United States

C. states with military and naval authority

D. states that have slave populations

Answer 3

Try D. I am not 100% percent sure though.

Answer 4

It's not D. that was my first choice

Answer 5

Hmm..

Answer 6

B? Otherwise, I'm not sure.

Answer 7

hmm...ok imma try it

Answer 8

It's A... Not sure why you're thinking differently, because they say that people will be in rebellion of the "United States' as a whole, and that means it secludes anyone fighting the states, includes the states with military and does not matter if it has a slave population or not.

Answer 9

Answer A was wrong

Answer 10

:o then what in the world is it?

Answer 11

it didn't tell me the right answer

Answer 12

Oh, I'm sorry :(

Answer 13

it cool thanks anyway :)