During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln invoked controversial emergency powers such as suspending habeas corpus. Lincoln justified such actions by insisting that they were necessary in order to(1 point)

Question

silence Congressional opponents.
suppress hostile newspapers.
preserve the Union.
maintain civil liberties.

Answer 1

President Abraham Lincoln justified the invocation of controversial emergency powers, such as suspending habeas corpus, by insisting that they were necessary in order to preserve the Union.