In part, President Lincoln refrained from taking action to emancipate slaves until the Civil War had been in progress for almost two years because
a. he sought to retain the loyalty of the border states
b. slavery still existed in most Northern states
c. Congress had not granted him the authority
d. he was preparing to plan to send all of the slaves to Liberia
e. he feared a hostile reaction on the part of the British and French
Ans: a. he sought to retain the loyalty of the border states
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