The correct answer is:
A. Lincoln declared it was the South's punishment for starting the Civil War.
Explanation:
<em>The 13th Amendment of the American Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude</em>; it was ratified in 1865 after the Civil War and states:
- “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
President Lincoln stated in two speeches that Southern states had caused the Civil War because<u> </u><u>they favored slavery and because of their secession from the Union</u>, his first attempt to abolish slavery was the <em>Emancipation Proclamation in 1863,</em> but it only freed slaves from the<u> Confederate States of America,</u> so<em> Lincoln pressured the Congress to pass the Thirteenth Amendment before Southern states were restored as part of the Union </em>so they couldn't vote against the amendment. President Lincoln did not lived to see the final ratification on December 6,1865 because he was assassinated months before.
The North was occupied by the people of western England and mirrored their philosophy of hard word. The middle colonies were established by the people of Ireland and reflected their Celtic attitude of do enough to get the job done. The Deep South was settled by Prisoners in Georgia and political prisoners in Carolina (there was no north and south yet. These people were trying to establish a way of life that was distanced from that of Europe.
Answer:
<em>Lincoln means that, since he considered the constitution and the law of United States of America to be superior above any state, then, to his ability, he would defend the constitution upon which the country is binded (that is, unify the States together).</em>
<em>This is to ensure that America was never disintegrated into smaller countries.</em>
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