Why did abraham lincoln want the border states to remain a part of the union?

a. to keep some tobacco-growing states within the union
b. to keep a few slaveholding states in the union
c. to serve as a buffer between the north and the south
d. to avoid having washington, d. c., open to attack on two sides

How would the enlightenment movement have suffered if the scientific revolution had not occurred

Which statement best describes why article 3 of the constitution gives congress the ability to create lower courts inferior to the supreme court from time to time

The chart shows data on the construction of dreadnoughts, or armed battleships, by 1914. (look at chart provided) a logical conclusion that can be drawn from this chart is that britain and germany were a.)engaged in an arms race. b.)looking for ways to cooperate. c.)hoping not to fight on land. d.)the strongest nations on the earth.