Why was the Emancipation Proclamation important to the Union's strategy
during the Civil War?
OA. It freed enslaved people in the border states if they provided labor
to the Union.
OB. It prevented antislavery countries from siding with the
Confederacy.
OC. It convinced smaller Confederate states to rejoin the Union
peacefully.
OD. It gave the Union military legal permission to destroy Southern
crops.