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D. It supported the elimination of government.
Lincoln's main objective in the Civil War was to have a superior military to the Confederacy in order to preserve the Union. While he wanted a superior military, he did not want to lose the border states by announcing that he was against slavery, as this would hamper his goal towards building a military.
The answer is C. he was pro-slavery, as he eventually released the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 that freed all slaves in the South.
Your can say weather it was or was not
The answer is Commerce and taxing
C because the famous saying is Manifest destiny is the god given right. Spreading culture is the definition.