Lincoln wanted to stop slavery from spreading West.
What is above this is wrong. Lincoln didn't want to be president because he wanted to end slavery. He didn't care if slavery continued or ended. He just wanted to figure out a way to keep the union together. When he took office the south lost it's political power eventually. The North was much stronger than the south. That's when Lincoln wrte the emancipation proclamation. The south had to suck it up. Lincoln wanted to be president because he thought he found a way to end the scial unrest.
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He just wanted to because it was a dream of his.
He believed that slavery should not be allowed to spread- that there should
not be any new slave states. Like almost everybody who runs for public office, he believed that he could do at least as well in the job as his opponent and probably do better. Lincoln campaigned hard for the US Senate in 1858 but lost to Stephen A. Douglas. He probably welcomed a chance to put his position to the voters art the national level.
Abraham Lincoln strongly opposed slavery. He had a reverence for the Founding Fathers and believed the country was straying from the nation that it was intended to become. Prior to his nomination and throughout his campaign, Lincoln pressed the idea found in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal."
he loved to learn and after teaching himself every thing he needed he decided to stand up for what he believed in during the civil war
Abraham Lincoln was always community-oriented and opinionated. He got into politics and ran for President because he wanted to make a difference in his community.
i think because he baned slavery and people thought he would be a good leader for the country because our leader has to be brave and strong just like Lincoln
in the film abraham lincoln vampire hunter it was because he wanted to end vampires, but in real life i think it was because he wanted to free slaves in the northern states of america
No Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States
No, President Abraham Lincoln was the United States of America's 16th President.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican president in 1860.
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer before he became president.