What did Lincoln fight and hope for?

Answer 1

Lincoln felt that if he didn't fight the confederate states that the very soul of the country would be gone. He was fighting to maintain the United States as the "united" states.

With the above said, here are more details. From the beginning of his political career, Lincoln stated that he believed slavery was wrong. His first hope on this issue was that the South would accept a compensation plan to give the slave holders money in order to continue the economy with free workers rather than slaves. The British had done this when they abolished slavery.

Another widely known hope of Lincoln's was that freed slaves could be colonized back to Africa. He did not believe that in an open & free society, that Blacks, former slaves and white people could work the nations politics together. He believed that the freed slaves would be taken advantage of. Thus by returning to Africa, there would be no discrimination against them.

Lincoln also hoped that the US Fugitive Slave Act could be rescinded. He hoped that the US Supreme Court could find a way to make a decision that put forth the idea that slaves were not property. Thus could be set free in an orderly manner.

Lincoln also hoped he would win the Senate race in 1858 against Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln lost that election.

Lincoln also hoped that his election as US president would not make the slave states secede. This never happened as they did so even before he took office ( most of them )

Once the rebellion started by the assault on Fort Sumter, Lincoln hoped and acted on preserving the Union and ending the rebellion quickly. This did not happen.

In a summary statement, Lincoln, as US President sought to keep the Union in tact. He waged a long bitter war to accomplish that.

Answer 2

He fought for preserving the union of the states and for slaves to be free.

Abe Lincoln chiefly wanted to hold the nation together. His election actually caused the first secessions by Southern states because he intended to end slavery. He truly believed that we needed to remain one strong country without slavery and that is why the Civil War occurred. He could have just let the Southern states form their own country and ignored the existence of slavery but his dream was to have the United States remain intact.

Answer 3

Equal union and no slavery