Lincoln also had to reinforce Union sympathies in the border slave states and keep the war from becoming an international conflict.
lˈɪŋkən ˈɔːlsoʊ hædtə ɹˌiːɪnfˈoːɹs jˈuːniən sˈɪmpəθiz ɪnðə bˈoːɹdɚ slˈeɪv stˈeɪts ænd kˈiːp ðə wˈɔːɹ fɹʌm bᵻkˈʌmɪŋ ɐn ˌɪntɚnˈæʃənəl kˈɑːnflɪkt.