USA HISTORY

Lincoln declared that the goal of the Civil War was to

(A) free enslaved people

(B) ** preserve the Union

(C) destroy the Confederacy’s economy.

(D) destroy the Confederacy’s military.

Concept note-1: -During the American Civil War, President Lincoln noted again and again that his purpose in fighting the South was to save the Union, not to free the slaves.

Concept note-2: -For him, the union was not just a structure to govern the national interests of American states; it also represented a consensus about the future of freedom in America-a future where slavery would eventually be eliminated and liberty protected as the birthright of every human being.