Abraham Lincoln's Contribution To The Civil War
You may know Abraham Lincoln as just the 16th president, but he did more than that. Abraham Lincoln was a very important person during the time of slavery. He was an abolitionist who fought for the rights of slaves because he believed that everyone was equal in the U.S and that slavery was unfair because they were controlled by other people, when they were all equal. He made countless speeches and actions to ensure the freedom of slavery and to make the people's lives who fought in the civil war be for a greater cause..Abraham Lincoln influenced a lot of acts to end slavery, such as the 13th amendment and the civil war.Abraham Lincoln was one of the best presidents of our nation, and an abolitionist who did more than just say he wanted no more slavery.
Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb. 12th 1809 was born in Hodgenville Kentucky. He received a formal, but short education of 12 months and then taught himself and more by reading …show more content…
He was a man who believed that slavery was wrong and that it was unfair, so he would try to abolish it. When he was elected, his presidency was revolved on slavery and how he would free them. He did many things to enforce the fact that slavery was ended such as the Emancipation proclamation and the gettysburg address. His impact on the country and the impact that he had on abolishing slavery was many. First is the civil war. This was a war that started because of the fact that the south believed that they should have slavery and the north thought that slavery was wrong. The president that lead us through this war was none other than Abraham Lincoln. He lead us through the war and ended up winning the civil war with the north. He went on to keep the U.S. in one piece, because the southern states wanted to split from the country because of slavery, but Abraham Lincoln stopped this and ended slavery throughout the
Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb. 12th 1809 was born in Hodgenville Kentucky. He received a formal, but short education of 12 months and then taught himself and more by reading …show more content…
He was a man who believed that slavery was wrong and that it was unfair, so he would try to abolish it. When he was elected, his presidency was revolved on slavery and how he would free them. He did many things to enforce the fact that slavery was ended such as the Emancipation proclamation and the gettysburg address. His impact on the country and the impact that he had on abolishing slavery was many. First is the civil war. This was a war that started because of the fact that the south believed that they should have slavery and the north thought that slavery was wrong. The president that lead us through this war was none other than Abraham Lincoln. He lead us through the war and ended up winning the civil war with the north. He went on to keep the U.S. in one piece, because the southern states wanted to split from the country because of slavery, but Abraham Lincoln stopped this and ended slavery throughout the