1. Legacy of Lincoln

• The Civil War really came to a head when President Lincoln won in 1860 and pledged to keep slavery out of the new territories that were campaigning to join the Union
• Kansas was admitted as a slave Free State in 1861, which was the first steps to abolishing slavery throughout the Union
• In 1861, seven slave states seceded from the Union, forming their own nation, the Confederate States of America
• The Confederate States of America was never formally recognized by any international or domestic government, although Britain and France did recognize it as a belligerent
• Lincoln and most of the northern people refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Confederate States of America, as they feared it would fragment the United States
• The North won the Civil War because they had more people, more soldiers, and more resources than the South
• Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation helped prevent the Confederacy from finding foreign aid from British and other abolitionist states
• The North's victory led to increased industrialization, with industrialization becoming the new economy of the USA, not agrarian
• The Civil War led to almost 700,000 people dying, and was the first time America suffered the reality of war
• Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, a Republican, who led the Union to victory in the Civil War
• Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for the eventual abolition of slavery
• Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, leaving the country with a number of questions on how to reintegrate the southern states into the Union and define the balance of power between the states and the federal government
• Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's successor, had to deal with the questions of how to rebuild the nation, reintegrate the southern states, and define the equality of African-Americans