Lincoln initially resisted announcing a policy to free the slaves for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

A) he wanted to encourage pro-Union sentiment in the South.
B) a policy to free the slaves might have alienated conservatives in border states.
C) Northern public opinion was divided on the slave issue.
D) Lincoln believed that blacks would not make good citizens.


Answer: D

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