AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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Question
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Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to do which of the following?
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enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
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preserve the Union
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end slavery throughout the entire country
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encourage sectionalism
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -WARTIME PRESIDENCY Lincoln’s primary goal as president was to hold the country together. For a long time, it didn’t look as if he would succeed. During the early years, the South was winning the war. It wasn’t until the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania during July 1863 that the war turned in favor of the Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lincoln vowed to preserve the Union even if it meant war. He eventually raised an army and navy of nearly three million Northern men to face a Southern army of more than two million soldiers.
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