What were the limits of the Emancipation Proclamation as finally signed?
What will be an ideal response?
Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define the Emancipation Proclamation and its terms.
2. Outline the limitations: emancipated slaves only in area still in rebellion and not in four borders states still in the Union, or areas of Confederate states the Union had already occupied.
3. Point out that thousands of blacks remained in slavery within the Union despite the act.
4. Conclude that the act was a war measure and a step towards full emancipation at the end of the war.
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