(A) As an abolitionist, President Lincoln wanted to end slavery in the United States.
(B) President Lincoln wanted to keep the South economically dependent on the industrial North
(C) ** President Lincoln’s oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union.
(D) To keep the support of Great Britain and France, President Lincoln had to try to end slavery immediately.
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Concept note-1: -Which statement best explains President Abraham Lincoln’s justification for the Civil War?-As an abolitionist, President Lincoln wanted to end slavery in the United States.
Concept note-2: -In this open letter to Horace Greeley, President Lincoln maintained that the central cause of the Civil War was to keep the country united and not to free the slaves.
Concept note-3: -"We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed."
Concept note-4: -Lincoln’s main goal was to preserve the union, and make sure the confederates didn’t leave the union. His main goal at the end of the war was to abolish slavery throughout the United States.