What was the immediate effect of president lincoln issuing the emancipation proclamation? a) all slaves in the united states were freed. b) the focus of the war shifted c)four more states seceded from the union d) the war ended

The answer to your question,What was the immediate effect of president Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?, would be B) The focus of the war shifted. This made the war shift its focus because it made another topic and resulted to the deminishhing of the conflict of the war.