'All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest, was the ob
ject for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it". - President Abraham Lincoln, second inaugural address, 1865 In the excerpt above, what does "this interest" refer to?
(10 points)
A.
The Confederate States of America
B.
Protective tariffs
C.
Slavery
D.
The U.S. Constitution
The Thirteenth Amendment accomplished Lincoln's goal of preserving the Constitution's fundamental structure while bringing it closer to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence
At the start of the twentieth century there were approximately 250,000 Native Americans in the USA – just 0.3 per cent of the population – most living on reservations where they exercised a limited degree of self-government.
