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President Lincoln needed a Union victory. He got it at the battle of Antietam fought near the town of Sharps burg, Maryland.
Answer: Option D
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There were two armies fighting opposite each other in the Civil War. The one of Abraham Lincoln and north was called the Union Army.
Lincoln desperately wanted the Union Army to defeat the Confederate Army after suffering a few losses in consequent battles before the battle of Antietam. The Union Army succeeded in defeating the opposition in the battle of Antietam.
The answer is B.
The Articles of Confederation was extremely weak due to its lack of federal power, it gave most of the authority to the states. This is discussed in the passage as it talks about how the federal/national government had no authority to raise money, etc. Thus, the answer is B, as the answer says the national government had a lack of authority to control the debt crisis.
