Lincoln had only one reason to fight: to save the Union. In time, however, there was another reason to fight: to free the black people held as slaves in the South.
Today, Kay Gallant and Harry Monroe continue the story of how President Lincoln dealt with this issue.
VOICE ONE:
Lincoln had tried to keep the issue of slavery out of the war. He feared it would weaken the northern war effort. Many men throughout the North would fight to save the Union. They would not fight to free the slaves.
Lincoln also needed the support of the four slave states that had not left the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri. He could not be sure of their support if he declared that the purpose of the war was to free the slaves.
Answer:
uhh, I guess that was me
yes, that was me
I was feeling bored that day, so I decided to make a new thing
and BANG
I made a frickin dragon
Imposed an economic embargo with disastrous economic results. Jefferson responded to increasingly troubling British actions by imposing the 1807 Embargo Act which effectively eliminated legal trade with both Great Britain and France. The Act proved disastrous for the New England and mid-Atlantic merchants who depended on European trade and increased the smuggling of goods. One unexpected consequence was the growth in American manufacturing which for
Answer: Drawing on documents, such as the Virginia Declaration of Rights, state and local calls for independence, and his own draft of a Virginia constitution, Jefferson wrote a stunning statement of the colonists' right to rebel against the British government.
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