Abraham Lincoln · 1863NEW Fall 2026Unit 3 · Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Emancipation Proclamation

What it says

Freed enslaved people in the states in rebellion; with the Thirteenth Amendment, marked the constitutional turn toward civil rights for the formerly enslaved.

How the exam uses it

NEW for Fall 2026 (EK 3.12.A.1) — now part of the required minority-rights progression in Unit 3.

Live legislation where this document matters (1)

H.R. 40 · 119thCommittee

Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act

The commission's charge begins where the Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment left off: what freedom without repair meant in practice.