Which best describes Abraham Lincoln's promise to the nation?

A. He wanted to prevent any Southern states from seceding.

B. He wanted to stop the spread of slavery to the West.

C. He wanted to end slavery completely.

D. He wanted to prevent the beginning of a civil war.

He wanted to prevent the beginning of the civil war.

Explanation: Lincoln sought to intervene in the contentious issues of his time

The correct answer is A) He wanted to prevent any Southern states from seceding.

The statement that best describest describes Abraham Lincoln's promise to the nation was "He wanted to prevent any Southern states from seceding."

That was his ultimate goal, to keep a nation united and made everything that was on his hands to maintain the Union. However, the United States was living a period of many problems due to the slavery issue. Northern states supported abolitionism but southern states supported slavery. Indeed, the southern economy depended so much on slaves to produce the kind of crops in the large plantations that had to be exported to Europe.