It was his painting of the Baptism of christ i believe where he painted the kneeling angel and worked on some of its background.
Economic progress occurred on a couple areas global participation, modernization of infrastructure, and a break through to modern industrialization that would not have occurred at the same pace.
Lincoln did not assume the presidency or enter the Civil War with the intention of ending slavery in states where it already existed. Rather, his stated goal was to save the Union.
