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Who did not want the Mexican -American war to go on?
Abraham Lincoln.
Why did Lincoln want to go to war?
He went to war because he wanted to preserve the Union.
Who did President Lincoln want as his first General but he did not want to go against his homeside?
President Lincoln wanted Robert. E. Lee was his first choice but did not want to because Lee was from the south side and later became General for the South.
What steps did the south go through to rejoin the us?
No. That's why we have North and South America. Are you kidding? Of course they rejoined. What are they teach these kids these days. Lincoln went to war over the South's attempt to split from the Union. Lincoln won the war and saved the entire country's history from that point on. And they say "war is not the answer."
Why did Lincoln not act against slavery at the beginning of the civil war even though he considered it immoral?
It was because he did not want to upset the south and make them secede form the union or start a war. As we know this did not go as planed and the Civil War started (later) after this. He also did not want to make the border states angry when the war was going on, because they were protection for the union against the south. Lincoln said that he would not do anything about it now, but he did think that it should end. He was just trying to keep the union together.
Why did Lincoln advise neutrality?
Well war means losing lives. And Lincoln was someone that cherished life because he lost a son. But that's not entirely true that he didn't want to go to war. He wanted to go to war to pass the 13th amendment.
Who had a better reason to go to war the north or south?
The southern states thought they had a good reason with the issue of states rights. Lincoln's reason was to keep the union together. He didn't want war, but he wasn't given a choice after Ft. Sumter.
How did president Lincoln use the telegraph to his advantage?
it helped lincoln because the south did not have a telegraph so lincoln could communicate to his generals to give them information
Why did president Lincoln lead the US to war?
Lincoln never lead the US to war, it was the Confederacy that made the first shot that trigger the war, so the question should be "Why did President Jefferson Davis lead the Confederacy to war?" If the Confederate States of America would have not declare war with the Union, they would be a county to this very day, Lincoln never had tension to go to war with the south at all.
Was Abraham Lincoln in the south during civil war?
Do you mean did he visit? Yes, in some areas he did go to encampments of Union troops and visit battlefields.
How does Abraham Lincoln's life influence our life?
Abraham Lincoln was the president of the people who did not want slaves and won the war therefor blacks and whites are now allowed to go to school together and marry each other
What are the old south states?
They felt the North was taking them where they did not want to go, They felt that the North would change there life still . They also objected to Lincoln being elected.
