The correct answer is to prevent from getting d<span>ragged into a conflict that they don't have a true connection too
He was an isolationist and believed that it would be extremely bad to enter the conflict that was not related to them. The neutrality act was thus necessary in order to ensure that the country would remain neutral and would not wage wars that were not related to them and would not meddle in foreign affairs.</span>
True, they even destoryed the temple
President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address focused on reassuring the Southern states that the president would not try to strip them of their slaves and that he would try to find a way to help them secure slavery if it would make them happy.
