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Abraham Lincoln And The Civil War
I am going to teach you about Abraham Lincoln I am going to tell you what he did and his election.
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president he was the president that led us through the civil war he did this when he became president. Lincoln had more than 40% of the popular votes but still barely won the election. The way he won the civil war is by sending native american spys to see what their battle plan was and then he conterd there battle plans. That is what I can teach you about the civil war.

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