What was the primary reason abraham lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation in september 1862? a. he wanted to allow "contrabands" to fight for the union. b. he wanted to fulfill in the promise on which he had campaigned in 1860. c. he believed that the war was a struggle to end slavery. d. he felt that the north needed a higher goal than restoring the union to motivate them to fight.

Why did the federal government choose to give each tribal member a 25-year deed to the reservation land? this was the life expectancy of native americans at this time, and the government wished to grant rights for only a single generation. they considered this to be enough time to keep the area calm before they could take the land back again for sale. the united states government believed that the nutrients from the land would be depleted by the end of the deed. the government believed this would be enough time for the tribal members to become self-reliant and adapt to the farming lifestyle.