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Emancipation Proclamation Quiz Answers 1-5

1. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

ANSWER: Freed slaves in most Southern states.

2. What year was the Emancipation written?

ANSWER: It was written in 1862 and 1863.

3. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

ANSWER: He freed the slaves.

4. How many slaves were set free by the Emancipation Proclamation?

ANSWER: About four million (4,000,000).

5. Name one problem that led to the civil war.

ANSWER: Slavery.