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How Did Abraham Lincoln Help During The Civil War

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Abraham Lincoln was our 16th president, and was our president during the Civil War, but how did he help during the war? How did he help slaves? It starts in 1861, when he is elected president. Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery was absurd. He believed that all men are created equal, so he decided to do something about it. The country is falling apart…. Literally the Union and the confederates are currently different countries at the time. On June 16, 1858 Lincoln gave his House Divided speech “A house divided against itself cannot stand... “ means that a government cannot run if it has opposite opinions, one side detests slavery and one side agrees with slavery. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? The Emancipation Proclamation freed

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