Question

Why did Abraham Lincoln want Union forces to occupy Texas?

Answer 1

Explanation:The fate of the south was governed by political and institutional changes because post the Civil War old institutions and their political power became irrelevant. As power shifted from the states to the federal government and administration feel into the hands of the Northern Army, southern enterprise was stopped in its tracks. Though the South got away with enacting Jim Crow laws, economically and in terms of growth there was widespread stagnation. The failure of southern banking system was one great institutional problem that cost its growth. In addition to this need to repay pre-war debts and war indemnity etc., etc hint at the poor influence of Southerners at the federal level.

Answer 2

Texas Secession Convention, A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union, (February 1861). ... According to one Texan, keeping them enslaved was the primary goal of the state in joining the Confederacy: Independence without slavery, would be valueless...