Abraham Lincoln's Presidency

Abraham Lincoln was the first president from which political party?

• Republican

• Northern Democrat

• Southern Democrat

• Constitutional Unionist

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What was Lincoln's main purpose in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

• to set all slaves free in the United States

• to force border states to free their slaves

• to give African Americans in the North the right to vote

• to shift the focus of the war to include the freeing of slaves

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SS.8.A.5.3

What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• war with Mexico

• economic issues

• the issue of slavery

• admission of Illinois to the Union

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How did Lincoln feel about secession?

• It was part of states rights and therefore was legal

• It was illegal under all circumstances

• It was allowed in the Constitution

• It was illegal only when it had to do with slavery

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What did Lincoln think was most important?

• Punishing the Southern states

• Everything must be done to preserve the Union

• The Union had to stop the Confederacy from gaining the support of the British and the French

• New government with a new constitution had to be established for both the North and South

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