Which of the following would have been one of the consequences of Lincoln's failure to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a. Those slaves who were rescued from southern farms would have inundated the Midwest and impoverished the northern economy.
b. The upper South states of Kentucky, Delaware, West Virginia, and Maryland would have seceded from the Union.
c. The Republican party would have been divided and the Union government would have been in jeopardy.
d. Britain and France might have refrained from extending their support to the Union cause.
Answer: c. The Republican party would have been divided and the Union government would have been in jeopardy.
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