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Why did president Lincoln insist the war was not about slavery or black rights but instead a war to preserve the union?
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∙ 12y ago
One of Lincoln's arguments is that the United States Constitution contains no provision for the secession of a state from the union that the Constitution establishes. However, what the People have established (The Constitution) the People can change. One wonders if the Confederate States could have succeeded if they had tried for a Constitutional amendment establishing a procedure for secession.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoAbraham Lincoln tried to preserve the Union because he deeply cared about his country and his countrymen.
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When Lincoln was elected president in 1860 his view on slavery were already known and included?
When Lincoln was elected president in 1860, his views on slavery were already known and included:
Who was the president that stopped slavery?
aberaham Lincoln
Who was president when slavery started?
Abraham Lincoln was the president and he also stopped the riot.
What American president stopped slavery in America?
Abraham Lincoln.
Why did the south secede after Lincoln was elected?
The south believed that President Lincoln was an abolitionist. They were afraid that Lincoln would outlaw slavery and seceded in anticipation of slavery being outlawed.
What was Abraham Lincoln's biggest objective in the Civil War?
President Lincoln's main goal was to preserve and restore the Union, which was his central sworn duty as President. Although he also wished very much to see the end of slavery, he only pursued that goal when it aligned with the one of restoring the Union.
Early in his Presidency Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to?
At the beginning of the Civil War President Lincoln stated that the war was being fought to preserve the Union.
What could have occurred if Abraham Lincoln did not become a president?
There is not much that can be said with any confidence about what would have happened if Lincoln had not become President. It seems pretty clear that if Lincoln did not become President then someone else would have been President at that time, in the mid 19th century. Whether that other President would have gone to war to preserve the union, or would instead have wanted to allow the Confederacy to secede, and whether, if he did go to war, he would have been victorious as Lincoln was, or would instead have been defeated, and whether he would have made slavery an issue as Lincoln did, we cannot say. These things are all speculative.
When Lincoln was elected president in 1860 his view on slavery were already known and included?
When Lincoln was elected president in 1860, his views on slavery were already known and included:
What were the advantage's that the north had over the south '?
More people, more industry, a navy, President Abraham Lincoln had greater power than President Jefferson Davis. Also the North was fighting to end slavery once and for all. The South was fighting to preserve slavery. England and France, (which had outlawed slavery a long time before the USA Civil War) were never going to help the South win the war to preserve slavery.
Who was the president that stopped slavery?
aberaham Lincoln
What does the Lincoln Memorial represent?
How Lincoln was a great president and he ended slavery
What did President Lincoln hope and fight for in the Civil War?
US President Lincoln's first goal was to end the Southern rebellion as soon as he could and deal with the abolition of slavery soon afterwards. As a war measure he could free slaves however he knew it would require an amendment to the US Constitution to officially abolish slavery. This was done in December of 1865 when the 13th amendment was passed and abolished slavery.
What time was Abraham Lincoln elected for president?
slavery was my answer.
Which president spoke against slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
Which president spoke out against slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
Was Abraham Lincoln an abolitionalist?
Not particularly. It was more important to him to preserve the union, slavery was not his main concern.
