Question

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the central goals of the Civil War were

to preserve the Union and end slavery.
to align with Europe and end slavery
to preserve the Union and align with Europe.
to end slavery and break up the Union.

Answer 1

After the Emancipation Proclamation, the central goals of the Civil War (1861-1865) were to preserve the Union and end slavery. Under President Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) declared that all slave people within the rebellious states would become free. However, slaves' freedom depended upon the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation reinforced the idea that the war for the Union had become a war for freedom; consequently, the abolition of slavery was a war aim.

Answer 2

to preserve the union and end slavery. basically it what Gettysburg address, written Abraham Lincoln, stated