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Instructions: Using George McGovern’s Abraham Lincoln, write an essay that answers all of the following questions:
- Lincoln’s personal history. What professional and political experience did Abraham Lincoln accumulate before becoming President? (Ch.1—Humble Beginnings, pp.15-29; Ch.2—Making of a Statesman, pp.30-35)
- The main conflict between North and South that led to war.What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)? The Dred Scott decision(1857)? Why did each one bring Lincoln out of private life and”rekindle” his political career? (Ch. 2—Making of a Statesman, pp.35-41)
- Why saving the Union was important.What arguments did Lincoln make against southern secession? In whatways did he repress civil liberties during
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