<span>Despite his personal opposition to slavery, when President Abraham Lincoln took office in 1861 he insisted that his constitutional duty was to keep the nation together, not to abolish slavery. He conducted the first year of the war with the goal of reuniting the Union, but wartime events, including heavy military losses and the many slaves who escaped behind Union battle lines, forced him to contend with the issue of slavery. He issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862 and the final version on January 1, 1863, fundamentally changing the meaning of the war.</span>
Answer:
Option: Abundant resources
Free land.
Explanation:
Oregon attracted settlers because of abundant land, fertile soil, and mild climate. The rich fertile lands of Oregon brought thousands of pioneers. People from Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois found the rich farmland in areas like the Willamette valley persuasive. Trappers also attracted because of the abundant fur-bearing animals. The land was free to those who could make it the Oregon Territory. People began to assemble their belonging and took the trail in wagons pulled by oxen.
200 BCE to 500CE it was called the Golden Age
They believed that ordinary people didn't have the intelligence, education, and experience to pick the best leaders.
