Question

this is a series of three related questions. use the text, as well as what you have learned about the civil war, to answer each question.
part a
what was the purpose of the text marked as section 1 (highlighted in blue)?
a \t to free enslaved people throughout the world
b \t to free enslaved people in all of the united states
c \t to free enslaved people in the u.s. border states
d \t to free enslaved people in states fighting against the union

\that on the first day of january, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty - three,
1 all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and
2 the executive government of the united states, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.\
-- excerpt from the emancipation proclamation
(highlights and numbering were added for assessment purposes)

Explanation:

The highlighted Section 1 of the Emancipation Proclamation states that enslaved people within any State or part of a State "the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States" shall be free. The states in rebellion against the Union during the Civil War were the Confederate states. Option A is incorrect as it's not about the whole world. Option B is incorrect because the Proclamation did not free enslaved people in Union - loyal states (including border states). Option C is incorrect as border states were part of the Union and not targeted. Option D correctly describes that it was to free enslaved people in states (Confederate states) fighting against the Union.

Answer:

D. to free enslaved people in states fighting against the Union