AP US Historyeasymcq1 pt

Abraham Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the Civil War was to:

A.Destroy the Southern economy

B.Preserve the Union

C.Punish Southern leaders

D.Abolish slavery everywhere

Explanation

Lincoln's initial and primary stated goal was preserving the Union. He only later made abolition a war aim with the Emancipation Proclamation.

BPreserve the Union

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