Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

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The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln was the period from 1861 to 1865 during which Lincoln led the United States through the Civil War, preserved the Union, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation that began the process of ending slavery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
presidency ⓘ
chronologyWithinConflict early and middle phases of the American Civil War ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endCause Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
endTime 1865-04-15 ⓘ
followedBy Presidency of Andrew Johnson ⓘ
goal Abolition of slavery in the United States ⓘ
Preservation of the Union ⓘ
hasPart First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
historicalSignificance initiation of federal abolition of slavery ⓘ
preservation of the United States as a single nation-state ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
mainOpponent Confederate States of America ⓘ
notableSpeech First inaugural address of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Gettysburg Address ⓘ
Second inaugural address of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
officeHolder Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
policy Emancipation Proclamation ⓘ
Reconstruction planning ⓘ
Union war strategy ⓘ
politicalParty Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeldBy 16th president of the United States ⓘ
precededBy Presidency of James Buchanan ⓘ
significantEvent American Civil War ⓘ
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Battle of Fort Sumter ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Creation of the Medal of Honor ⓘ
Emancipation Proclamation ⓘ
Establishment of the United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
Gettysburg Address ⓘ
Homestead Act of 1862 ⓘ
Morrill Land-Grant Acts ⓘ
linked to: Morrill Act of 1862

National Banking Acts ⓘ
New York City draft riots ⓘ
linked to: Draft Riots

Pacific Railway Act of 1862 ⓘ
Siege of Vicksburg ⓘ
Suspension of habeas corpus in the United States ⓘ
Ten percent plan ⓘ
linked to: Wade–Davis Bill

Thanksgiving national holiday proclamation ⓘ
Trent Affair ⓘ
Wade–Davis Bill ⓘ
startCause 1860 United States presidential election ⓘ
startTime 1861-03-04 ⓘ
vicePresident Andrew Johnson ⓘ
Hannibal Hamlin ⓘ

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Thomas "Tad" Lincoln → associatedWith → Presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Salmon P. Chase → partOf → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Militia Act of 1862 → temporalContext → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln → mainSubject → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Edward Bates → notableEvent → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Frederick William Seward → partOf → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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False Claims Act → originalSponsor → Abraham Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Act of June 28, 1864 → politicalContext → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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ALPLM → subjectArea → presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
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John G. Nicolay → associatedWith → Abraham Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Peter H. Watson → memberOf → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Presidency of James Buchanan → followedBy → Presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Presidency of Andrew Johnson → precededBy → Presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln → category → Presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
The Lincoln Museum → hasExhibitTheme → Abraham Lincoln’s presidency ⓘ
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Red River campaign → sponsor → Abraham Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Seward family → associatedWithEvent → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Hannibal Hamlin family → associatedWith → Abraham Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Montgomery Blair → participantIn → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Joseph Holt → memberOf → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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Bates Opinion on Citizenship (1862) → presidentialAdministration → Abraham Lincoln administration ⓘ
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James B. Speed → partOf → Lincoln administration ⓘ
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John Merryman → opposedBy → United States federal government under Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
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Copperheads → opposed → Abraham Lincoln administration ⓘ
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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln → depicts → presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
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