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Abraham lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president and was the first republican president
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He adopted the Confederate Constitution which does not let any state write a bill that outlaws slavery
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Lincoln did everything he could to win the war and even if he was denied by the supreme court he would still risk losing his presidency but every risk he took helped him win the war.
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After Lincoln uses force in the south Virginia secedes and North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas follow it.
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During the civil war Lincoln uses 42 ships and covers the 3,550 mile coastline and stops importations and weakens the confederates
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The House of Representatives signs a tariff that raises taxes on imported goods
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Tennessee finally secedes from the union
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Lincoln orders General Irving Mcdowell to take an army from Washington D.C to Richmond.
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The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect which freed all slaves in the confederate states
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Lincoln signed the national currency act into a law that created a system for a national bank.
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Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president for his second term and Hannibal Hamlin was the vice president
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Lincoln was shot coming out of Ford's theater in washington D.C at 10:15. He later died at around 7:22 am later that day.
