95. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Answer
Freed the slaves
All USCIS-accepted answers
- Freed the slaves
- Freed slaves in the Confederacy
- Freed slaves in the Confederate states
- Freed slaves in most Southern states
Any of these is a correct answer at the interview. The red answer above is the simplest one to memorize.
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- The 1800s · 10 questions
- US Citizenship Test
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Memorize the red English answer — that is what you say at the interview.
Official question and accepted answers from USCIS Form M-1778 (2025 civics test, 128 questions). USCIS M-1778