The limited application of the Emancipation Proclamation showed that Lincoln _____.
Select the best answer from the choices provided.
A.
balanced his dislike of slavery with a desire to appease loyal Northerners who happened to support slavery
B.
planned to abolish slavery just as he had promised
C.
did not plan to permanently end slavery anywhere
D.
only wanted to please white enslavers in border states
The answer is A- some northern states still had slaves during the civil war, the emancipation proclamation only freed slaves in confederate states , Lincoln did not want to risk more states seceding