What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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The Emancipation Proclamation announced that enslaved people in most Southern states were free. The guide notes that many were not actually freed until after the Civil War ended.

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• Declared independence from Britain
• Created the Supreme Court
• Ended World War II
• Gave women the right to vote

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• 92. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
• 93. The Civil War had many important events. Name one.
• 94. Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.
• 96. What U.S. war ended slavery?
• 97. What amendment says all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are U.S. citizens?
• 98. When did all men get the right to vote?

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