True or False. At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to preserve the Union.

Answer 1

True. At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln's primary aim was to preserve the Union. The issue of slavery and its abolition became a more central focus of the war later on. Initially, Lincoln hoped to avoid war and find a peaceful resolution to the secession crisis, but as the war progressed, the preservation of the Union became paramount.