At the start of the Civil War there were 23 Union states and 11 Confederate states. The Territories did not belong to either the North or the South, but represented a great deal of land and economic promise.
Answer:Battle of Antietam
Explanation:The Union's important victory at the Battle of Antietam gave Lincoln enough public support to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which promised to free all slaves in the Confederacy. A month before the Civil War began in April 1861, Abraham Lincoln talked about slavery in his first speech as president.
The correct answer is option a "It is the source of implied powers". The Necessary and Proper Clause (elastic clause), is an important section in the United States Constitution located in Article I, Section 8 . This Clause is the source of implied powers, one example is Hamilton's longtime Federalist ally who stated that the Constitution does not give you literal permission to create a federal bank, but this clause gives you the implied power to do it.