How Slavery Made Lincoln's Presidency So Successful

Throughout history, there have only been a handful of presidents remembered as great. One of those presidents was Abraham Lincoln, who secured the ratification of the 13th amendment and kept the country together through the Civil War. But how? The issue of slavery had already derailed the three previous presidencies. It threatened to rip the country in two. So how did slavery make Lincoln’s presidency so successful? In the ten years before Lincoln was elected, America had seen three of the worst presidents in history: Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan. Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850, which only managed to anger both sides more. Fillmore was followed by Pierce, who signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which led to a