9. Which of these BEST describes the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
BBBH5 Analyze the impact of the Civil War on Georgia A Explain the importance of key issues and
events that led to the Civil War, include slavery, states' rights, nullification, Compromise of 1850 and the
Georgia Platform, the Dred Scott case, Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, and the debate over secession
in Georgia
A. It allowed slavery to remain unaltered in states who already used slave labor,
B. Former slaves were afforded the right to join the war effort,
C. It immediately freed the slaves throughout the country,
D. It was nullified by the Congress,