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Question 909:
Four of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation
are true. Which one is not?
(A) it did not apply to slaves in the border states
(B) it changed the goals of the North in the Civil
War from being just about preserving the Union to also include ending
slavery
(C) it was viewed with ridicule by Confederate
President Jefferson Davis who in response declared that all blacks
living in the North were now slaves
(D) slaves throughout the South were set free when
it went into effect on January 1st, 1863
(E) it had a diplomatic impact, as England and
France would now be supporting a slave power if they aided the
Confederacy
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