What Makes A President Great

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What makes a president great?

What makes a president great? To get to that, first, we will need to find out what great actually means. Great, basically means above average or the normal. Though, what qualities would a president need to meet those standards?

A great president would need to listen to the people, know what they're doing, have (a) goal(s), etc. Although, what president hasn't had those qualities? Let's take a look at a president that really went above and beyond.

Abraham Lincoln, the US's 16th president. Abraham lincoln was the president who led the US through the civil war. According to the top tens,"It's the bloodiest war and it's greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis." Also by his ending to slavery,

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