All of the following were true of the Emancipation Proclamation EXCEPT
a. it had a very limited impact on the freeing of slaves in the United States
b. it was issued by President Lincoln after long hesitation and delay
c. the Border States opposed it as an attack on their slaveholding rights
d. it transformed the focus and objective of the Civil War in the North
e. the president used his military authority to issue the Proclamation
Answer: c. the Border States opposed it as an attack on their slaveholding rights
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