Directions Select the correct answer. This is an except from the Emancipation Proclamation. Select the statement which wouldhavethe MOST impact on the Confederate States of America. Select the correct answer.

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States. invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.