In 1863, during the Civil War, what did President Abraham Lincoln do to make slavery illegal?
A. Signed the Missouri Compromise
B. Issued the Emancipation Proclamation
C. Vetoed the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D. Passed the Eleventh Amendment
E. Declared martial law
Answer: B
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