Multiple choice

What was one immediate effect of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation?

  1. It ended the Civil War.

  2. It created confusion in the South.

  3. It abolished slavery in all states of the Union.

  4. It led European countries to ally with the South.
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Explanation

The Emancipation Proclamation changed the purpose of the war and caused significant social and economic disruption in the South by encouraging enslaved people to flee and undermining the labor system.

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