The US Civil War/Important People

Abraham Lincoln

 * Was the president of the United States.
 * Opposed the spread of slavery.
 * Believed the U.S. was one nation, not a collection of independent states.
 * Was determined to preserve the Union by force if necessary.
 * Issued the Emancipation Proclomation, which freed the slaves in the Confederate States.
 * Wrote the Gettysburg Address.