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Emancipation and African Americans · US History

The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, was necessary because the Emancipation Proclamation:

  1. Was formally declared totally unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court back in 1864
  2. Only legally applied to male enslaved people and never to any female slaves
  3. Was a temporary war measure that did not permanently abolish the institution of slavery
  4. Did not allow newly freed African Americans to legally own any private property
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Correct answer: Was a temporary war measure that did not permanently abolish the institution of slavery

As a presidential executive order based on war powers, the legal status of the proclamation was uncertain once the war ended. The 13th Amendment provided a permanent, constitutional end to slavery everywhere in the U.S.

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