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
surface form: American Civil War era
mainOpponent Confederate States of America
notableSpeech First Inaugural Address
surface form: First inaugural address of Abraham Lincoln

Gettysburg Address
Second Inaugural Address
surface form: 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
Bombardment of Fort Sumter
surface form: Battle of Fort Sumter

Battle of Gettysburg
Creation of the Medal of Honor
Emancipation Proclamation
United States Department of Agriculture
surface form: Establishment of the United States Department of Agriculture

Gettysburg Address
Homestead Act of 1862
Morrill Act of 1862
surface form: Morrill Land-Grant Acts

National Banking Act of 1863
surface form: National Banking Acts

Draft Riots
surface form: New York City draft riots

Union Pacific Railway Act of 1862
surface form: Pacific Railway Act of 1862

Siege of Vicksburg
Suspension of habeas corpus in the United States
Wade–Davis Bill
surface form: Ten percent plan

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 Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
this entity surface form: Lincoln administration
Militia Act of 1862 temporalContext Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
this entity surface form: Lincoln administration
History of the Administration of President Lincoln mainSubject Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
this entity surface form: Lincoln administration
Edward Bates notableEvent Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
this entity surface form: Lincoln administration
Frederick William Seward partOf Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
this entity surface form: Lincoln administration
False Claims Act originalSponsor Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
this entity surface form: Abraham Lincoln administration
Act of June 28, 1864 politicalContext Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
this entity surface form: Lincoln administration
ALPLM subjectArea Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
this entity surface form: presidency of Abraham Lincoln