Question

Lincoln did not pronounce the abolition of slavery as a goal of the War for all of the following reasons except __________________. a. it was not his main objective c. he was pro-slavery b. his primary goal was preserving the union d. he did not want to lose the border states

Answer 1

C. he was pro-slavery

Answer 2

Lincoln's main objective in the Civil War was to have a superior military to the Confederacy in order to preserve the Union. While he wanted a superior military, he did not want to lose the border states by announcing that he was against slavery, as this would hamper his goal towards building a military.

The answer is C. he was pro-slavery, as he eventually released the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 that freed all slaves in the South.