Abrham Lincoln a Freat President

i feel as though Abraham Lincoln was a successful president when it came to all his actions he put forward, for example the way he pushed forth in the civil war even though he was fighting with generals who weren't ready to fight, assasination threats, and a lot of arguing between his cabinet members. Lincoln issued the emancipation proclimation even though he was killed before it was put into full effect, but this helped free the slaves in years to come with his support of the thirteenth amendment.

President Lincoln also issued the homestead act that allowed poor people from the east obtain land in the west. Lincoln signed the morrill act which was made to aid in the establishment of agriculture and mechanical colleges in each state. Lincoln also signed legislation entitling the National Banking Act which established a national currency and provided for the creation of a network of national banks.

President Lincoln signed tariff legislation that offered protection to American industry and signed a bill that chartered the first transcontinental railroad. Lincoln's foreign policy was geared toward preventing foreign intervention in the Civil War. Lincoln's most famous speech was the Gettysburg Address, In the address Lincoln explained that our nation was fighting the Civil War to see if we would survive as a country. He said it was proper to dedicate a portion of the Gettysburg battlefield as a remembrance of the men who fought and died there.

These several reasons explain why i feel as though president Lincoln's presidency was a success over a