Abraham Lincoln becomes the sixteenth President of the United States and is the nation's first Republican President. When the civil war started he was censured for taking permitted measures during the war. After the war people seen that Lincoln's use of power did not constitute abuse and was known as one of the great presidents in the United States. When Lincoln was elected president, seven southern states had secede from the union. When he give his speech on the conciliatory inaugural address, it wasn’t set out to affect the South but they thought it was meant for everyone in the U.S... He told the south he will not obstruct with slavery where it already occurs but the union states will make it illegal for owners of slavery. He informs them
