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SAT US History Practice Question

President Abraham Lincoln considered it crucial to prevent Maryland from seceding from the Union primarily because

  1. A.it surrounded Washington, D.C., on three sides
  2. B.it shared a long border with Pennsylvania
  3. C.it was the site of the Battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg
  4. D.it was home to John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin
  5. E.it contained the greatest number of factories of any Southern state

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