Question

1. choose the best answer. why did abraham lincoln initially resist the enlistment of black soldiers? he did not feel that black soldiers would fight well. he did not want to offend slave states that were part of the union. the federal budget could not support additional soldiers. he was concerned that white soldiers would refuse to fight alongside blacks. 2) choose the best answer. why did abolitionists believe that the civil war could be only about the issue of slavery? they believed that sectional differences, such as western expansion, were insignificant. they believed that the states would be unified if not for the issue of slavery. no other issue would unify the northern states. there were few other issues dividing the states.

Explanation:

1. During the Civil - War, Lincoln was cautious not to alienate the slave - holding border states that remained in the Union. Enlisting Black soldiers could have been seen as a radical step that might push these states towards the Confederacy.
2. Abolitionists believed that slavery was the root cause of the sectional divide. They thought that without the issue of slavery, the states would be unified as other differences were secondary in comparison.

Answer:

1. He did not want to offend slave states that were part of the Union.
2. They believed that the states would be unified if not for the issue of slavery.