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he correct answer is D) He suspended the writ of habeas corpus, imprisoning thousands of suspected Confederate sympathizers.
The statement that is an example of how President Lincoln expanded presidential power is "He suspended the writ of habeas corpus, imprisoning thousands of suspected Confederate sympathizers."
On May 25, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus, imprisoning thousands of suspected Confederate sympathizers. During the Civil War, Maryland legislator Jhon Merryman had been arrested for restricting troops of the Union to move from Baltimore to Washington. Merryman's attorney wanted a writ of habeas corpus to get the case to the federal court. That ins when President Lincoln suspended it. He believed he needed to suspend it to end with the rebellion in the Confederate States.