Historians construct historical arguments based off questions. The essay prompt belowbegins with a historical statement that may be accurate or inaccurate. Write a XXXXXXXXXXwordessay that critically analyzes the historical statement by answeringallguiding questions that follow the statement. Use as much evidence as you can to support your answers:You must relyonlyonlecture and reading materialin your answers--NO outside sources or material. Be as specific as possible in your analysis when referencing course material. (40 points total)
“Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party used the ‘slavery issue’ as a political platform to win the Election of 1860 and thus led the country into a Civil War which accomplished nothing since the institution was already on the way out.” Address this statement by answering the following questions in your essay:(1) What was Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery and the expansion of slavery? (2) Was the peculiar institution already on the way out (i.e. was it profitable and had it reached its natural limits of expansion)? (3) What evidence is there that freeing the slaves was not the reason Lincoln “led” the country into the war (think Emancipation Proclamation)? (4) What were the accomplishments of the Civil War?Use specific information to support your answer.
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