Question

which of the following things were accomplished by the emancipation proclamation? check all of the boxes that apply. it pleased slaveholders in the south. it freed enslaved persons living under confederate control. it signaled that the civil war was a war to end slavery. it made it illegal for african americans to join the union army. done by the president of the united states of america. a proclamation. whereas, on the twenty-second day of september, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the president of the united states, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: 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. that the executive will, on the first day of january aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the states and parts of states, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the united states; and the fact that any state, or the people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such state shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such state, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the united states. now, therefore i, abraham lincoln, president of the united states, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the united states in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the united states,

Explanation:

• "It pleased slaveholders in the South" is incorrect as the Emancipation Proclamation was against slavery, so slaveholders would not be pleased.
• "It freed enslaved persons living under Confederate control" is correct as the proclamation declared freedom for slaves in Confederate - held areas.
• "It signaled that the Civil War was a war to end slavery" is correct as it shifted the war's purpose to include ending slavery.
• "It made it illegal for African Americans to join the Union army" is incorrect; in fact, it allowed and encouraged African Americans to join the Union army.

Answer:

• It freed enslaved persons living under Confederate control.
• It signaled that the Civil War was a war to end slavery.