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Years before Lincoln became president, the Rothschild s wanted to weaken the government in order to create a privately owned banking system where they would be the only ones who could print paper money, loan it out and collect the interest. Their plan was to in debt the nation to them forever. The Rothschilds created rancor and hate between the North and the South. Slavery was the tool used to create this animosity. They told people in the North that slavery was immoral, while telling the people in the South that they had the right of self-determination. They promoted the war.
At the time each individual bank could print their own paper money. In the mean time, the prospect of war was just wonderful for the Rothschilds. All nations need money to pay their bills for the cost of war. The bankers wanted to loan them the money with interest. They would get a percentage of the total cost of the war. (a tactic still used today)
Unfortunately for the Rothchilds, both the North and the South found their initial interest rates too high and refused to borrow money. The Rothschilds failed to make the war loans and their plan to make the two new nations indebted to them forever-- ended.
The hate they helped to create continued to fester in the hearts of men. This hate gave Lincoln an excuse to start a war to end the southern aristocracy. Lincoln hated the southern rich, their arrogant life style and presumed superiority. The wealthiest man in the south was Joseph Davis. Lincoln absolutely hated Joseph Davis.
Lincoln deliberately started the war by sending an armada to resupply Fort Sumter. This large navel force was just for show, Lincoln had no plans to resupply Fort Sumter. When the South saw the approaching armada, they felt the need to fire on the fort. By firing on Fort Sumter, the south was tricked into starting the civil war.
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∙ 10y agoNo, he kept it going by getting himself re-elected in 1864. Otherwise, the South would have gained its independence and all the Union casualties would have been in vain.
Lincoln's General-in-Chief, Ulysses Grant, finally brought it to a successful close by ending the system of prisoner-exchange, so the Confederates were bound to run out of manpower.
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∙ 8y agoHe was President of the United States at the time. He wasn't in any of the battles, but he did occasioanlly visit battlefields after the fighting had ended as he did at Gettysburg.
His major objective in the war was to preserve the union (which he did).
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∙ 13y agoLincoln did not cause the Civil War. The original authors of the Constitution foresaw conflict over slavery. The first Constitutional Crisis over the issue of secession came in 1828, when South Carolina attempted to rebel against the Federal Government and President Jackson threatened to use the military to maintain the Union. The Civil War first became violent in 1854 when pro- and anti-slavery elements fought a was in Kansas and Missouri. This was called the "Bleeding Kansas" conflict. This means people were killing each other over the issue approximately 16 years before Lincoln was even elected President. What we call the Civil War started in April, 1861. Lincoln did not cause the war, he just inherited a problem which had been brewing for many, many decades.
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∙ 14y agoHe did and he didn't. His goal to preserve the Union was a success. Unfortunately, he paid a huge price. Even before his death, by the spring of 1865 he was looking old and haggard. Historians say that his last day on earth was one of the best Lincoln had ever had. In fact his wife told a friend she had never seen him so upbeat and happy. But it didn't last long.
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∙ 12y agoLincoln's victory in the 1860 General Election was the trigger - he would not allow any new slave-states, so the South would always be outvoted in Congress if they stayed in the Union.
But the 'cause of the Civil War' is a much bigger and more complex question, still being debated to this day.
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∙ 13y agoWhen newly-elected, he tried to prevent the war by considering the Crittenden Compromise.
But he rejected it because it would have allowed some new slave-states.
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∙ 14y agoHe was President of the United States during the war.
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∙ 12y agoyes or no
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Did he try to stop slavery?
Did who try to stop slavery? Abraham Lincoln
What American president was assassinated during the civil rights movement?
Technically Abraham Lincoln was not assassinated during the Civil Rights Movement. Yes, he did try to stop slavery, but the Civil Rights Movement was through the 1950's into the 1960's. John F. Kennedy is the president assassinated while in a Convertable during a motorcade by Lee Harvy Oswald.
What President was nicknamed the railsplitter?
Abraham Lincoln was the rail-splitter because he split a lot of rails as a boy and young man
How did Abraham Lincoln try to reassure the south?
Lincoln tried to reassure the south by saying he wouldn't make a law on slavery even though he was against it.
Who inspired Abraham Lincoln to try to stop slavery?
I would believe that to have been more of a moral issue, rather then one which required inspiration. Subjecting another human to inhuman conditions should always be abhorred.
Was Abraham Lincoln related to Daniel Boone?
Yes, but distant Daniel Boone is the 1st cousin of wife of half 1st cousin 2x removed of Abraham Lincoln Daniel Boone, Squire Boone, George Boone, then james boone, Anne Boone who married Abraham Lincoln, who was child of Mordecai Lincoln, and grandchild of Modercai Lincoln, father of John Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln. For more information please try Hazel Attesbury Spaker, The Boone family:: A Genealogical History of the descendants of George and Mary Boone who came to America in 1717 (Rutland, Vermont: The Turrle Company, Publishers, 1922), 64-65.
Why did South Carolina dislike Lincoln?
President Lincoln wanted to stop the spread of slavery, and slave trade. The Union supported him, but most people in the Confederacy did not. They wanted to keep trading slaves, and using slave labor. This is one reason why the Civil War started, and why Lincoln was assassinated.
How many grand children did Abraham Lincoln have?
Yes. Robert Todd Lincoln, the only son and child to Abraham Lincoln to live past the age of 18, had 3 children; 2 daughters and 1 son.Mary "Mamie" Lincoln (October 15, 1869 - November 21, 1938)Jessie Harlan Lincoln (November 6, 1875 - January 4, 1948)Abraham Lincoln II "Jack" (August 14, 1873 - March 5, 1890)Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, was Abraham Lincoln's great-grandson, and Jessie Lincoln's (Beckwith) youngest son, and Lincoln's last descendant. He died in December of 1985.
What important things were happening in history when Fredrick Douglas was alive?
He helped try to free slaves and he was a good frind to Lincoln He helped try to free slaves and he was a good frind to Lincoln
What does the quote Whatever you are be a good one by Abraham Lincoln mean?
There is no hard evidence that Lincoln every uttered these words, but people do say that he said them. What is means is to try be good at whatever you do. It is like the boy scout motto, "Do your best". Do a good job at whatever you are doing.
Abraham Lincoln's education?
Abraham Lincoln had very little formal schooling. Instead he lived a life of continuous learning, teaching himself all he needed to know. When it was suggested he try law, he took it upon himself to learn that independently as well. He was given his license to practice law after taking an oral examination administered by lawyers.
What was the effect of Abraham Lincoln winning the 1860 election?
Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. Abraham Lincoln did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency. The Civil War began with the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. After the Civil War began in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy.
