Because he wanted to take away their only way of making a living, by abolishing slavery and freeing their free labor force. Also some Southerners despised Lincoln because the thought he was not tough enough to lead or "Great Country"
-a - 8b
If a = 9 and b = -4, then just plug them into the equation.
-(9) - 8(-4)
-9 + 32
23 would be your answer. Hope this helped!
-TTL
He lost a decisive battle to Ghana.
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