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7 December, 15:49

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation created uncertainty over whether the President alone could lawfully free the slaves. What remedy was applied to resolve this issue?

a. The Southern States signed a document promising to end slavery.

b. The 13th Amendment was added to the U. S. Constitution, prohibiting slavery.

c. Lincoln's Attorney General proposed a bill that was agreed to by members of the U. S. Congress, abolishing slavery.

d. General Sherman and his army announced they were setting all the slaves in the South free.