AP U.S. History Question of the Day

Lincoln believed that treaties could only be made with independent nations, which the Confederacy was not.

Lincoln did not want to conclude the Civil War on the South's terms.

Lincoln believed that the Confederacy needed to pay for war reparations.

Lincoln did not want to negotiate a treaty with the Confederacy until Europe also renounced the southern government.

Jefferson Davis refused to meet with Lincoln to make the treaty valid.