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    The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln caused Southern states to begin withdrawing from the Union and sparked the Civil War. Though initially aimed at preserving the Union, the Civil War evolved into a war to end slavery as the root cause of the conflict. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Confederate states and allowed black soldiers to join the Union army. Finally, the 13th Amendment, passed during Lincoln's second term after his reelection, formally abolished slavery nationwide.

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    The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln caused Southern states to begin withdrawing from the Union and sparked the Civil War. Though initially aimed at preserving the Union, the Civil War evolved into a war to end slavery as the root cause of the conflict. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Confederate states and allowed black soldiers to join the Union army. Finally, the 13th Amendment, passed during Lincoln's second term after his reelection, formally abolished slavery nationwide.

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    Lincoln's Election & the Civil War

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    The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln caused Southern states to begin withdrawing from the Union and sparked the Civil War. Though initially aimed at preserving the Union, the Civil War evolved into a war to end slavery as the root cause of the conflict. The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Confederate states and allowed black soldiers to join the Union army. Finally, the 13th Amendment, passed during Lincoln's second term after his reelection, formally abolished slavery nationwide.

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    Civil War
    Election of 1860
    The election of 1860 was perhaps the most divisive in American history and, as a result of Lincolns
    election; Southern states began withdrawing from the Union.
    Jefferson Davis Confederate States
    Abraham Lincoln Union
    The Civil War
    Though the Civil War started as an effort to maintain the Union, it evolved into a war for the liberation
    of slaves. Indeed, slavery, as a political, economic and moral issue, was the root cause of the war.
    Emancipation Proclamation
    The Emancipation Proclamation freed only those slaves living in states not under Union control.
    Nevertheless, the proclamation allowed black soldiers to fight for the Union and transformed Union
    forces into an army of liberation.
    Thirteen Amendment
    Realizing that the Emancipation Proclamation could be reversed by future legislation, Lincoln won
    congressional approval of the 13
    th
    Amendment which finally abolished slavery in the United States
    Lincoln though he would lose reelection
    Won, and passed 13
    th
    amendment during second period
    Lincoln killed in 1865

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