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Study the picture and answer the questions. Name the event depicted in this picture. What is the significance of this event in American history? Explain briefly the role of the person in the picture (sitting on the left) in abolishing the institution of slavery in the USA. The American Civil War, Effective History and Civics Solutions ICSE Class 8.

(a) Name the event depicted in this picture.

(b) What is the significance of this event in American history?

(c) Explain briefly the role of the person in the picture (sitting on the left) in abolishing the institution of slavery in the USA.

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(a) In the given picture Abraham Lincoln is signing the Emancipation Proclamation.

(b) The significance of this event in American history lies in the fact that it freed all the slaves and thus abolished slavery from all the parts of the USA.

(c) Abraham Lincoln's greatest contribution to humanity was the abolition of slavery. In 1862, by his Emancipation Proclamation, he freed all the slaves and set forth an example for other countries to do so. After the Civil War, the citizens of all the states of USA were granted citizenship of the USA and were given equal rights, ensuring life, liberty and property.

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