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What did the Emancipation Proclamation achieve? A:A. It gave all enslaved people in the North their freedom immediately.B:B. It persuaded European nations to support the Confederacy.C:C. It changed the purpose of the war to the end of slavery.D:D. It forced the Confederacy to free enslaved people right away.

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation achieve? A:A. It gave all enslaved people in the North their freedom immediately.B:B. It persuaded European nations to support the Confederacy.C:C. It changed the purpose of the war to the end of slavery.D:D. It forced the Confederacy to free enslaved people right away.

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"""The Emancipation Proclamation achieved the following:

  1. It was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.
  2. The proclamation declared that all enslaved people in the Confederate states in rebellion against the Union "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."
  3. It did not apply to slave-holding border states that were loyal to the Union or specific regions under Union control.
  4. The proclamation did not immediately free all enslaved people but changed the character of the war.
  5. It allowed for the enlistment of African American soldiers in the Union Army.

Given these points, the correct answer is:

C: It changed the purpose of the war to the end of slavery. """

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