(A) ** He wasn’t doing enough to end slavery
(B) He was reluctant to make decisions in war
(C) He thought slavery should be abolished in the west
(D) He let the south secede
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -In principle, Lincoln approved of emancipation as a war measure, but he postponed executive action against slavery until he believed he had both the legal authority to do so and broader support from the American public.
Concept note-2: -Some northerners opposed the war because they opposed using force to keep the South in the Union. The North did not like the draft law either. How did the blockade affect the southern economy? It created shortages in the South.
Concept note-3: -Lincoln began his public career by claiming that he was “antislavery”–against slavery’s expansion, but not calling for immediate emancipation. However, the man who began as “antislavery” eventually issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in those states that were in rebellion.
Concept note-4: -There were also northerners who resisted the war effort. Some were pacifists. Others were white men who resented the fact that the army was drafting them at the same time it excluded blacks. And there were whites who refused to fight once black soldiers were admitted.