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Fact 15

Reconstruction began during the war, as Lincoln and his associates anticipated questions of how to reintegrate the conquered southern states, and how to determine the fates of Confederate leaders and freed slaves.

Fact 9

After a series of highly publicized debates in 1858 during which he opposed the expansion of slavery, Lincoln lost the U.S.

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By the While the war was still being waged, Lincoln faced reelection in 1864., slavery was still legal in the southern United States, but had been generally outlawed in the northern states, such as Illinois.

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He made the major decisions on Union war strategy, Lincoln's Navy set up a naval blockade that shut down the South's normal trade, helped take control of Kentucky and Tennessee, and gained control of the Southern river system using gunboats. He tried repeatedly to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond.

Fact 10

His Gettysburg Address of 1863 became an iconic statement of America's dedication to the principles of nationalism, republicanism, equal rights, liberty, and democracy.

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His election prompted seven southern slave states to form the Confederacy. No compromise or reconciliation was found regarding slavery.

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His numerous complex moves toward ending slavery centered on the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, using the Army to protect escaped slaves, encouraging the border states to outlaw slavery, and helping push through Congress the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which permanently outlawed slavery.

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Lincoln averted British intervention by defusing the Trent affair in late 1861.

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Lincoln held a moderate view of Reconstruction, seeking to reunite the nation speedily through a policy of generous reconciliation in the face of lingering and bitter divisiveness. Six days after the surrender of Confederate commanding general Robert E. Lee, Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a noted actor and Confederate sympathizer.

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Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis.[2][3] In so doing he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the national government and modernized the economy.

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On April 15, Lincoln called on all the states to send detachments totaling 75,000 troops to recapture forts, protect Washington, and "preserve the Union", which, in his view, still existed intact despite the actions of the seceding states.

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He promoted rapid modernization of the economy through banks, canals, railroads and tariffs to encourage the building of factories; he opposed the war with Mexico in 1846.

Fact 1

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

Fact 14

While the war was still being waged, Lincoln faced reelection in 1864.

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With almost no support in the South, Lincoln swept the North and was elected president in 1860.