Questions: The Emancipation Proclamation was a document with which President Lincoln transformed the Civil War into a struggle to end slavery.
Transcript text: The Emancipation Proclamation was a document with which President Lincoln transformed the Civil War into a struggle to end slavery.
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The answer is True.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was a significant document issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. It was announced on September 22, 1862, and took effect on January 1, 1863. The proclamation declared that all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory were to be set free. This shifted the focus of the Civil War from merely preserving the Union to also encompassing the abolition of slavery as a central goal. By doing so, it transformed the nature of the conflict and added a moral imperative to the Union's cause, making it a struggle to end slavery.