Abraham Lincoln Redefined The Civil War

The third president, Thomas Jefferson, is also the third most important person in the shaping of early American history. He wrote the Declaration of Independence, an obviously pivotal role in the American Revolution. During his presidency, he more than doubled the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase. To explore the new land, he launched the Lewis and Clark expedition. From this expedition, Americans received information about the landscape, plants, and animals that lied west.
Abraham Lincoln is arguably the next important president. He saw the United States through its worst crisis, which tested “whether that nation… can long endure”. His speech, the Gettysburg Address, redefined the Civil War as a “new birth of freedom”. He issued