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Q: Why didn't Lincoln want to punish the confederacy?
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Why did President Lincoln not want to punish the Confederacy after the war?

President Lincoln believed punishing the south would serve no useful purpose and would only delay healing the torn nation. This was in contrast to the radical wing of the Republican Party.


What did the emancipation proclamation affect and who didnt it affect?

It applied to slaves in the states that were in rebellion (where, of course, Lincoln had no authority at that time). It did not apply to slaves in the four slave-states that had remained loyal. Lincoln did not want to upset powerful slave-owners in these states, and drive them into the arms of the Confederacy.


Why was Maryland an important state to Lincoln during the civil war?

Lincoln didn't want Maryland to secede because Washington would be surrounded by the Confederacy.


Why were some southerners sad about Lincoln's death?

Many Southerners, including Robert E. lee saw the assassination of President Lincoln as a terrible loss and a potential problem with regards to Radical Republicans who wanted to punish the South for the war. Lincoln was going to be generous in reuniting the nation, however, his assassination led to Reconstruction programs that were not effective.


What step did Lincoln announce after the Battle of Antietam and what did this force foreign countries to do?

After the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation. This discouraged foreign governments from recognizing the Confederacy, because Lincoln had, with the proclamation, made the confederacy the poster child of slavery, and the people of the foreign countries that were considering recognizing the confederacy didn't want to be associated with the pro-slavery side of anything.


Who wanted to punish Germany for ww1?

France wanted to punish Germany the hardest. Britain didnt want to punish them bad they wanted germany to have a quick recover because they're a trading countrie. Hope that helps, One love Representing Triple Bezz 3B'z J.K sWeeTfEeT


Did congess want president Johnson to end reconstruction?

yes because they wanted to punish the southmany complained that the souths newly elected leaders were theh same people that led the confederacy.


Does Jefferson want war or peace?

After seceding, he would have been quite happy without a war, if Lincoln had granted official recognition to the Confederacy. But when Lincoln declared that he would defend Fort Sumter (which the Confederacy considered its own), and then called for new volunteer troops, Davis felt he had to mobilise.


Why did the Confederates want to seize Fort Sumter?

Because it was in Charleston Harbour, and the Confederacy was trying to assert its sovereignty over the whole of South Carolina. Lincoln did not recognise the Confederacy, and continued to occupy the fort with US troops.


Does Jefferson Davis want war or peace?

After seceding, he would have been quite happy without a war, if Lincoln had granted official recognition to the Confederacy. But when Lincoln declared that he would defend Fort Sumter (which the Confederacy considered its own), and then called for new volunteer troops, Davis felt he had to mobilise.


Why didn't Lincoln didn't talk about slavery in the slave states?

In fact Lincoln owned slaves and viewed himself as a farmer or common man. Lincoln did not want to ban slavery on states that served as buffers between the Union and Confederacy states because the Confederacy would be able to attack easier its a battle strategy. Lincoln was more concerned with saving the Union at all cost than banning slavery


Why would Lincoln free the slaves only in the confederacy and not in the union controlled border states?

Becuase he didn't want to lose the support of the border states.