Question

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

An order by President Lincoln that freed the slaves in the Confederate states
A declaration of war by the North against the South
A famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln about the evils of slavery
An executive order that drafted over 600,000 men into the U.S. Army
A document that declared the country of the Confederate States of America

Answer 1

The Emancipation Proclamation is a order by President Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves in the Confederate states. Some states didn't agree to this, but as Lincoln was their president, they had no choice but to do so. From that point on there was segregation.

Answer 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."