In his inaugural speech, President Lincoln a. threatened to attack the seceded states if they did not return to the Union. b. re
peated his commitment not to interfere with slavery where it already existed. c. repeated his commitment to abolishing slavery. d. threatened to attack if the South did not return the federal forts it had seized.
Many Republicans opposed the New Deal as they believed it illegally expanded the Federal Government past what was legally allowed under the Constitution.