SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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preserve the Union.
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enforce the Emancipation Proclamation.
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encourage sectionalism.
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end slavery throughout the entire country.
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Detailed explanation-1: -President Lincoln’s oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union. As an abolitionist, President Lincoln wanted to end slavery in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -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.