SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
LINCOLNS ELECTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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was to punish the South.
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was to bring the Union back together.
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free the slaves.
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quit being president.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In December, President Lincoln proposed a reconstruction program that would allow Confederate states to establish new state governments after 10 percent of their male population took loyalty oaths and the states recognized the permanent freedom of formerly enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-2: -From the outset of the rebellion in 1861, Lincoln’s overriding goal had been to bring the Southern states quickly back into the fold in order to restore the Union ([link]).
Detailed explanation-3: -Abraham Lincoln’s aim was to preserve the Union and end the Civil War as quickly as possible. He promised an easy Reconstruction in order to persuade southern states to surrender.
Detailed explanation-4: -Abraham Lincoln’s chief goal in the American Civil War was to preserve the Union. At the outset of the war, he would have done so at any cost, including by allowing slavery to continue.