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CLEP US History I

Category - Politics

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All of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation are true EXCEPT:
  1. It freed the slaves in the Confederacy.
  2. It maintained slavery in the border states.
  3. Lincoln wrote it as soon as he entered the White House.
  4. It influenced England's willingness to support the South.
  5. It was a response to declining abolitionist support.
Explanation
Answer: C - Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation in his 1862, well into his first presidential term. Initially, he did not ban slavery both to keep the border states in the Union and in the hopes of negotiating an agreement for the South to rejoin the Union. However, when it became clear that only a military victory would restore the Union, Lincoln had to act decisively on the issue of slavery to maintain failing abolitionist support.
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