What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

On the 2008 test

The 2008 test asks this as Question 76, in the same words.

The 2008 question lists the same 4 answers.

Background

The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the Confederate states. It turned the Civil War into a fight to end slavery and pointed toward the 13th Amendment.

From this site's page for 2008 Question 76.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 95 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.

Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.

• Writer of the Declaration of Independenceanswers Question 87: Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.
• The Great Crash (1929)answers Question 104: When did the Great Depression start?
• To stop the spread of communismanswers Question 110: Why did the United States enter the Korean War?

More 1800s questions

• Question 92: Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.The Civil War
• Question 93: The Civil War had many important events. Name one.(Battle of) Fort Sumter · Emancipation Proclamation · (Battle of) Vicksburg · (Battle of) Gettysburg · Sherman’s March · (Surrender at) Appomattox · (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg · Lincoln was assassinated.
• Question 94: Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) · Saved (or preserved) the Union · Led the United States during the Civil War · 16th president of the United States · Delivered the Gettysburg Address
• Question 96: What U.S. war ended slavery?The Civil War
• Question 97: What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?14th Amendment