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"Bleeding Kansas" Ended
Abraham Lincoln was involved in with the "Bleeding Kansas" crisis by the Kansas and Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery which Lincoln viewed as a wrong and politically unacceptable."Bleeding Kansas" was part of the political storm that occurred throughout the United States before the Civil War. The anti-slavery forces prevailed as Kansas entered into the Union a free state -
Lincoln Becomes President
Lincoln was the candidate of the newly created Republican Party, which officially wanted to limit the expansion of slavery and during his presidency is mostly known for leading the Union through the Civil War abolishing slavery through the emancipation Proclamation,the 13th amendment and his leadership during a time or national crisis. -
Lincoln Searching for Military Generals For Civil War
President Lincoln faced a constant challenge in finding and retaining effective military Generals by finding success with Ulysses S. Grant after several commanders failed to deliver victories. During the Civil War several Union generals including George McClellan, Irvin McDowell, and others faced Lincoln's displeasure and were removed from command due to perceived failures or lack of aggression and with some later finding other roles or running for office. -
General Robert E. Lee Appointed Commander
General Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, who was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army toward the end of the war and declined Lincoln's offer to command the U.S. The Army after Virginia seceded and arguing that he couldn't fight his own people. -
Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free all slaves in Confederate or contested areas of the South and proclamation did not include slaves in non-Confederate border states and in parts of the Confederacy under Union control.It applied only to states that had seceded from the United States, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy the Southern secessionist states that had already come under Northern control. -
The Battle of Gettysburg's Address by Lincoln
Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania a site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War to honor the fallen and reaffirm the nation's commitment to liberty and equality. -
Lincoln's Reelected
Lincoln's reelection ensured that he would preside over the successful conclusion of the Civil War and with Lincoln's victory made him the first president to win reelection since Andrew Jackson in 1832 as well as the first Northern president to ever win reelection and the war between the North and the South had persisted longer than many had anticipated, and the Union army’s efforts in early 1864 provided little hope for an expeditious conclusion. -
The Thirteenth Amendment
Lincoln's presidency on the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, was passed by Congress.President Lincoln approved the Joint Resolution of Congress submitting the proposed amendment to the state legislatures.Lincoln was instrumental in the passage of the 13th Amendment actively working to secure votes in Congress and making it a central issue in his 1864 reelection campaign. -
Freedmen's Bureau
An Act to establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans.Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, was established by Congress in March 1865 during Abraham Lincoln's presidency to aid formerly enslaved people and impoverished whites in the South. -
Lincoln's Assassination
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer, at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. during a performance of "Our American Cousin". Lincoln died the following morning, marking the first assassination of a US president and near the end of the American Civil War, Lincoln's assassination was part of a larger political conspiracy intended by Booth to revive the Confederate cause by eliminating the three most important officials of the federal government.