re: 5th Grade Social Studies: Abraham Lincoln

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Perhaps his belief in God or simply decency would have kept him away from the godless, heaten filled Democratic Party..

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Lincoln was a tyrant who butchered the constitution more than any other president. And that includes Obama. I believe that Lincoln was probably opposed personally to slavery. But that is not why he opposed the expansion of slavery. Lincoln stated himself that the constitution would not allow him to abolish slavery where it already existed. Lincoln was interested in the expansion of the empire to the west. It is known that he wanted to populate the western territories with the white European immigrants and he wanted the land, jobs and opportunities reserved for them. He even said so. His support of high tariffs to finance the internal improvement projects that would enhance the industrialization of those areas made his railroad Barron friends wealthy. The expansion of slavery threatened that scenario. 80% of all federal revenue came from tariffs generated in the Southern ports. He needed that money to finance his internal improvement projects to enhance western expansion and northern industrialization. When the South seceded they initiated free trade with little to no tarrifs in the ports. Guess where tarrifs were collected? And guess where the vast majority of ports were located. Lincoln would be left with about two ports that could collect tarrifs if he let the South go. That is the main reason that he chose to re-supply Fort Sumter. If he held the fort he could still try and collect tarrifs for the federal government. Lincoln initiated the Emancipation for three reasons: 1. To weaken the southern economy and their ability to wage war. 2. To stop England and France from recognizing the Confederacy 3. The Emancipation allowed the enlistment of 200,000 former slaves into Union ranks. Lincoln needed soldiers.