Which section from the text best supports the answer to Part A? A “After the Rebels fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, Linc
oln almost immediately called out state militias; expanded the Union’s Army and Navy; blockaded southern ports...” ( Paragraph 12) B “As most politicians of his era, he believed that the slaves should be encouraged to ‘voluntarily’ leave the United States and establish their own colony abroad — perhaps in Africa or the Caribbean.” ( Paragraph 16) C “That provision was emphatically rejected by a group of freed slaves that Lincoln briefed on this subject on August 14, 1862, and it provoked a blistering personal attack on the president by Frederick Douglass...” ( Paragraph 19) D “Lincoln justified his Emancipation Proclamation with the need to weaken the Confederacy and save the Union. The Emancipation accomplished that, and more.” ( Paragraph 24)
