Republicans enacted the Thirteenth Amendment because
a. the Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves.
b. they feared a Confederate revival.
c. Lincoln had misjudged the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
d. without it, the transcontinental railroad would be unconstitutional.
e. Lincoln had been pledged to do so since 1860.
ANS: A
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