Answer:
<em>b) emphasizing that his only goal was to save the Union.</em>
Explanation:
While Abraham Lincoln is well known for his debates with Stephen Douglas and played an important role in the discussions about slavery he was not an abolitionist. Lincoln was a nationalist that would do anything for the states stay together and avoid a war in the Union. He said in the First Inaugural Address:
" I declare that “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery where it now exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.” Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this, and many similar declarations, and had never recanted them.".
Bc they didn't want anymore colonies to build up
Japan was defeated in World War 2, which caused the United States to lead the Allies in the occupation and rehabilitation of the Japanese state. Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces enacted widespread military, economic, political and social reforms.
