In the decades leading up to the secession crisis of 1860 the issue of slavery was dividing the nation. There was a growing awareness that slavery; a human being owning another human being as property; was immoral and contradicted ‘the American way’. The practical maintenance of slavery was requiring an expansion of federal power and Southern ‘slave states’, while advocating states rights, demanded federal intervention in support of slavery.

In his 1860 campaign for president, Abraham Lincoln firmly expressed his opposition to slavery and hi

sense of humour and always spoke eloquently about the meaning of the Great War consuming his country. His Gettysburg Address delivered after the Battle of Gettysburg, and his State of the Union speech in 1864 are acknowledged to be among the great orations in American history.

Abraham Lincoln is measured by his most lasting accomplishments: the preservation of the Union and the start at least, of the death of slavery, accomplishments achieved by acting "with malice towards none" in the pursuit of a "more perfect and equal union." He chose the right people to fight the good battle. Through the force of his personality, perseverance, and courage he triumphed and Union victory ended forever the claim that state sovereignty superseded federal authority. Killed by an assassin's bullet one week after the surrender of Confederate forces, assassination becoming almost a hallmark of a great president, Lincoln earned the admiration of most Americans and is seen as an indispensable man who is owed an enormous debt of gratitude.

Many Presidents in America’s history have done amazing things; some have almost destroyed America. Most have been great men and all deserve to be honoured.

Up until the war the North and South had operated on very different economic systems. Southern agriculturist states saw themselves as being controlled and used by the Northern industrialist states. They grew and harvested cotton only for it to be shipped to the North, woven into cloth and sold at a profit. The North also imposed taxes on the South, which they felt was unfair. The South were constantly threatening war as a result. Lincoln challenged the whole system by basically calling the South’s bluff; destroying their arrogance and desire to break away, which was something America needed. However it took a blo

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