"Hon. Horace Greeley":"Dear Sir... I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was'. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would, and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about Slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union, and what I forbear, I forebear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views... Yours A. Lincoln'-Letter from Lincoln to Greeley, 8-22-1862Which of the following was legitimized by Lincoln in this letter?A) continued industrializationB) The Homestead Act of 1862C) the use of Black soldiers in the Union armyD) the ratification of the 15th amendment to guarantee voting rights to all male citizens

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