AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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Question
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Lincoln declared that the goal of the Civil War was to
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free enslaved people
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preserve the Union
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destroy the Confederacy’s economy.
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destroy the Confederacy’s military.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-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.
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