A. Discourage the spread of the National Bank
It was composed of war captives and Christian youths pressed into service; all the recruits were converted to Islam and trained under the strictest discipline. It was originally organized by Sultan Murad I. The Janissaries gained great power in the Ottoman Empire and made and unmade sultans.
The North's goal was to invade the South to try to subdue their desire to secede, while the South's strategy was to defend their territory until the North gave up.
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