There are some disagreements about why President Lincoln and the Northerners were willing to fight a war to save the country instead of letting the South secede peacefully. It may have been because the United States was largely seen as a political experiment and they didn't want to see it fail.
The original goal of the union was to preserve the union at all cost.
President Lincoln's main goal was to preserve and restore the Union, which was his central sworn duty as President. Although he also wished very much to see the end of slavery, he only pursued that goal when it aligned with the one of restoring the Union.
To prevent the south from seceding from the north.
South Carolina's assault on Fort Sumter
The North's determination to preserve the Union was largely unified by a sense of nationalism and the belief in the principles of democracy and equality. The threat posed by the secession of Southern states and the potential spread of slavery galvanized public sentiment, leading to a collective effort to maintain the integrity of the nation. Key events, such as the attack on Fort Sumter and the Emancipation Proclamation, further solidified this resolve, as they framed the conflict not just as a fight to preserve the Union, but also as a moral imperative to end slavery.
Lincoln wanted to preserve the union to protect and defend.
Preserve means keep, maintain. For example, to "preserve the Union" would mean to keep it from falling apart into independent states.
President Lincoln's main goal was to reunite the union.
To preserve the Union.
The original goal of the union was to preserve the union at all cost.
Union by trying to preserve it.
they wanted to preserve the union and end slavery.
Abrham Lincoln
To preserve the Union
Both. The Union wanted to preserve the country as a whole; they did not want the United States to split up. The Confederacy, however, wanted to separate from the United States, therefore, splitting up the country. So the Union wanted to destroy the confederacy to preserve the United States.
President Lincoln's main goal was to preserve and restore the Union, which was his central sworn duty as President. Although he also wished very much to see the end of slavery, he only pursued that goal when it aligned with the one of restoring the Union.
The European Union is an organisation, not a country, so it is simple for each country to preserve its nationality and things like language, culture etc.