265. What was Abraham Lincoln's agenda at the start of the American Civil War?

A. To preserve the Union.
B. To free all slaves in the South.
C. To annex some of the Confederate states.
D. To punish the population of the Carolinas for seceding.

266. What was the so-called Eastern Question in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

A. European concerns about the Balkans.
B. Russian concerns about Austrian expansion toward the East.
C. British concerns about Russian expansion into the Baltic area.
D. Turkish concerns about Western expansion toward the Eastern Mediterranean region.

267. Why did the approach of the "Young Italy" movement to Italian unification fail?

A. Austria and France undermined the movement by imprisoning its leaders.
B. The Pope, who controlled large territory in Italy, did not support their program.
C. The vast majority of Italians, who were illiterate, did not support the movement.
D. The movement was weakened because of rivalry between Mazzini and Garibaldi.

268. Which one of the following was a consequence of the American Civil War?