The Emancipation Proclomation of January 1, 1863:

a. was declared un-constitutional be the US Supreme Court later that year.

b. did not apply to the border slave states that had not seceded. freed slaves throughout the United States.

c. was very popular with voters associated with the Democratic Party.

d. was cited by Tennessee as the reason it rejoined the Union in 1864.

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Reeve

30 June, 09:15

The Emancipation Proclomation of January 1, 1863:

a. was declared un-constitutional be the US Supreme Court later that year.

b. did not apply to the border slave states that had not seceded. freed slaves throughout the United States.

c. was very popular with voters associated with the Democratic Party.

d. was cited by Tennessee as the reason it rejoined the Union in 1864.

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Anabelle Chung · Answer 1

The right option is b) : The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, did not apply to the border slave states that had not seceded. freed slaves throughout the United States.

Explanation:

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation when the nation was experiencing its third year of a destructive civil war. The Emancipation Proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." But despite this declaration by the president, the Emancipation Proclamation started out on a wrong path because it applied only to the states that had seceded from the authority of the United States' government. Slavery continued in the border states that had not seceded.