Read the passage below. then answer the question that follows using information and evidence from the text.
that on the first day of january, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the united states, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom
why was this document written?
to free enslaved people
to issue orders to government officials
to declare that slavery was morally wrong
to punish rebellious slaves

The answer is (A)  to free enslaved people.

Explanation:

The paragraph above is an excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation or Proclamation 95, which was a presidential decree from Abraham Lincoln. This document was signed into order during the Civil War. The effects of this decree, was that all slaves in the Confederate states became free men and women (states in the Union are mostly considered free states – where slavery has been abolished). This executive order predates the Thirteenth Amendment.  

a politically correct answer.

northernmost part (disputed, administered) - near indira col, siachen glacier - 35.674520°n 76.845245°e

northernmost part (disputed, claimed) - dafdar near beyik pass - 37°24′00″n 75°24′00″e

northernmost part (undisputed) - near dharwas, chambal district - 33.24902°n 76.82704°e

southernmost part (mainland) - cape comorin - 8.06890°n 77.55230°e

southernmost part - indira point in the nicobar islands - 6.74678°n 93.84260°e

distance between:  

1 & 4 - 3070 km

1 & 5 - 3654 km

2 & 4 - 3269 km

2 & 5 - 3885 km

3 & 4 - 2801 km

3 & 5 - 3430 km

explanation:

they died because of a disease during the first spanish colonies.