What would have been a practical outcome of the Emancipation Proclamation?
a. All Confederate slaves would be freed gradually.
b. The freeing of slaves would weaken the Confederate war effort.
c. Slaveowners would be compensated for their property.
d. It took away from the propaganda of the abolitionists.
e. It only affected slaves working on cotton plantations.
Ans: b. The freeing of slaves would weaken the Confederate war effort.
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