Question

During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus for which main reason?

A.
to conscript citizens into the Union Army

B.
to free slaves throughout the Confederacy

C.
to prevent British interference in the conflict

D.
to keep Confederate sympathizers imprisoned

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

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President Abraham Lincoln's original suspension of habeas corpus was not legal according to the decision of the Merryman case. Under Merryman, only Congress could grant the authority needed to invoke the suspension clause of the U.S. Constitution.