Question

part b
how would enslaved people become and remain free according to section 2 of the text (marked in gray) and your knowledge?
a the union army would enforce the
order and maintain their freedom.

b the confederate navy would
enforce the order and maintain
their freedom.

c congress would pass a law to
enforce the order and maintain
their freedom.

d the chief executive of the
supreme court would enforce the
order and maintain their freedom

\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 excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation states that the Executive Government (including military/naval authority) will recognize and maintain freedom. The Union Army was part of the US military (Executive Government) during the Civil War. The Confederate Navy was part of the Confederacy (rebelling against the US), so B is wrong. Congress (legislative) isn't the enforcer here (C), and the Chief Executive of the Supreme Court is incorrect (D, as the Supreme Court's chief is a justice, not an enforcer of this order like the military). So A is correct as the Union Army (part of US military) would enforce and maintain freedom.

Answer:

A. The Union Army would enforce the order and maintain their freedom.