Read the paragraph from the section "Lincoln thought colonization could
resolve the issue of slavery."
Lincoln believed
colonization was the best
way to solve the problem
of slavery. Colonization
was the idea that
American blacks should
have the choice to move
to Africa. Or maybe to
Haiti or Panama.
What did Lincoln mean by
"colonization"?

For much of his career, Lincoln believed that colonization—or the idea that a majority of the African American population should leave the United States and settle in Africa or Central America—was the best way to confront the problem of slavery

china has confucianism thats everywhere in asia but it isn't really a religion.  

to keep us neatruel and not get involved in any wars

he assumed control of treaty negotiations with a hostile power