Select the statements that were true of the emancipation proclamation. it freed very few slaves immediately. it freed the slaves in the border states. it came after the victory at gettysburg. it did not free slaves in already occupied southern territory. it ended the threat of english recognition of the confederacy. it laid the foundation for the fifteenth amendment. it changed the significance of the war.

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.