USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

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Who was the leader of the Union

(A) ** Abraham Lincoln

(B) General . lee

(C) bat man

(D) you

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy.

Concept note-2: -As president of the nation and leader of his party as well as commander in chief, Lincoln was principally responsible for shaping and defining national policy. From first to last, that policy was the preservation of the United States as one nation, indivisible, and as a republic based on majority rule.

Concept note-3: -During the American Civil War, the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States led by President Abraham Lincoln.

Concept note-4: -Abraham Lincoln Lincoln was president during the Civil War, with his election being cited by southern states as one of the reasons for their succession. Lincoln’s two terms in office saw the Union defeat the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery in the United States.

Concept note-5: -In the Senate, however, the fall of Sumter was the latest in a series of events that culminated in war. On November 6, 1860, in an election that brought the new Republican Party to national power, Abraham Lincoln was elected president by a strictly northern vote.