President Zachary Taylor’s top priority as president was preserving the Union.
Zachary Taylor was born on November 24, 1784 in Montebello plantation, near Gordonsville, U.S and died on July 9, 1850, Washington, D.C, he was the 12th president of the United States from 1849 to 50. Zachary Taylor was the general and national hero in the United States Army from the time of the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812. He was against the institution of slavery in new American colonies. He was torn on whether or not to endorse the Wilmot Proviso, a rider that forbade slavery in any area that the United States later annexed from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War.
Here the term ''Preserving the Union'' is associated with President Abraham Lincoln but president Zachary Taylor also work for preserving the Union. he was born in a wealthy family and had the slaves but he never support the slavery an in the Mexico war he emerge as a hero and because of this instance he was became 12th president of America. when he was president of America his motive was Preserving the union by armed force rather then compromise.
hence option A, is correct.
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