Which of the following was a direct result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Correct answer: It discouraged Great Britain and France from intervening on behalf of the Confederacy
By making the war explicitly about ending slavery, Lincoln made it diplomatically impossible for anti-slavery European powers to support the South. It also led to the large-scale recruitment of African American soldiers for the Union.
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