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Lincolns' view on slavery?
disliked slavery, but did not believe the fed. gov. could ban it in places it already exists. "this struggle is to save the Union, not to either save or destroy slavery"
What were two main goals in the 1920s?
to save the union and abolish slavery
The main advangtage of the south was?
military supremacy and fighting on their own soil. Also, they had a cause to fight for- the Union soldiers were just there to save the Union.
Did Edwin Booth save Tad Lincolns life?
yes, Edwin saved his life
Why did Abraham Lincoln want to save the nation?
Because he felt it was sacred, but also because he wanted the cotton revenues back.
What was the main goal for the north at the start of the civil war?
At the beginning of the Civil War the northern goal was simply to restore the Union at all costs. Slavery became the main issue in the following years of the war but the goal at the start was to save the Union!
When the US Civil War began what was the main goal of US President Lincoln?
Lincoln's primary goal was to preserve the USA, not to liberate the slaves. Restoring the Union and regaining the cotton revenues was true, however, his emancipation proclamation had other intents.
What 2 reason that the union to fight in the civil war?
To save the Union. To save the cotton revenues.
What was Jefferson's objective when he drafted the document?
Jefferson's objective was to separate the colonies from great Britain in order to save them from taxes
Was the civil war a war to save the union or a war to free the slaves?
Lincoln went in it only to save the union
What was the reaction of anti slavery people in the North over President Lincoln's plan for colonization of freed Blacks?
No doubt, President Lincoln expected a Radical Republican backlash at his controversial colonization plan. When once again Horace Greeley of the Republican newspaper the New York Tribune openly protested this the now famous statement of Lincoln's position is quoted below."My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and it not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it.; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving the others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help save the Union".
Did the Civil War save the union?
The fact that the Union won the Civil War saved the Union.
