Which U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
The answer was Abraham Lincoln. Here's the why, the decoys, and the source trail.
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Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, declaring all slaves in Confederate states to be free as a war measure.
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- George Washington - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Abraham Lincoln - correct answer.
- Thomas Jefferson - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
- Theodore Roosevelt - a decoy; it may live near the same topic, but it does not answer this exact clue.
Abraham Lincoln is the one to remember. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, declaring all slaves in Confederate states to be free as a war measure. The Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free all slaves but changed the character of the Civil War.
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Sources: U.S. National Archives