2. Why did Lincoln need the support of the border states?

Explanation:

From Kentucky Southern Armies could strike all the Union States along the Ohio River. ... Freeing the slaves in the border states might have cost Lincoln the support of the border states. As important as freeing the slaves was to Lincoln the support of the border states was more important to the war effort.

Freeing the slaves in the border states might have cost Lincoln the support of the border states

or it might be

he wanted the border states to take the lead by adopting some form of gradual emancipation funded by the federal government

Explanation:

because other regions has other things that egypt doesnt have.

regarding the law, the 15th amendment was specifically designed thinking in the rights of black free men.

even though ratified on february 3, 1870, the promise of the 15th amendment would not be fully applied for a long time.poll taxes and literacy tests would allow southern states disenfranchise african americans. only in 1965 the voting rights for african americans would be actually able to vote in the south.

in 1965, president johnson signed the voting rights act, which aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented african americans from voting as it was guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the u.s. constitution.