Why did the Emancipation Proclamation free slaves only in Confederate states? (1 point) President Lincoln did not have the authority to remove property from U.S. citizens. President Lincoln did not have the authority to naturalize Northern freedmen into citizens. Northern legislatures had already passed legislation blocking emancipation. Northern legislatures had already passed the Emancipation Proclamation.

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President Lincoln did not have the authority to remove property of US citizens b/c that contradicts the 5th amendment

The Emancipation Proclamation applied to Confederate States alone because President Lincoln did not have the authority to remove property from U.S. citizens.

Who did the Emancipation Proclamation apply to?

The famous proclamation which freed the enslaved would only apply to the Confederate states and not the Union.

This was because enslaved people were considered property and the Constitution did not allow the President to take the property of people away from them.

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