In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United states and had helped free the African Americans. There is a lot of things that Abraham did that changed the United States. Everything would have been different if Abraham Lincoln didn’t change anything and didn’t try to free the slaves. Would the United States of America have slave states today if Abraham Lincoln wasn’t there to help? Would Civil War ever happen if he was not president. What would’ve happen if Abraham Lincoln was never elected the president of the United States of America?
Abraham Lincoln was from Illinois and was part of the early Republican party which was against slavery. He was chosen as a presidential nominee for the republicans. The Northern Democrats chose Stephen A. Douglas while the Southern Democrats chose John C. Breckinridge. He was very well liked by many people such as antislavery voters and people from the East and Midwest. Stephen wanted to …show more content…
It had also started the Civil War which was the war between the North and South. When Lincoln was running for reelection he wanted Andrew Johnson as his running mate because he was Democrat who supported the Union. Abraham Lincoln had defeated the Democrat nominee George B. McClellan and won the reelection. Abraham Lincoln had tried to bring the Southern states back with them.
Northern African American had noticed the election of 1860 and were interested. The free black population in the North had supported Abraham Lincoln. There were also some African Americans who were still not happy with the Republican party because it didn’t support their rights. African American leaders had welcomed secession because it meant that all slaves who escaped were free if they went to the North. African Americans had also wanted war because they believed that all the slaves would be free if the North