Question

Abraham Lincoln, elected president in 1860, first and foremost wanted to _____, while his secondary and largely quieter issue was _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

Abraham Lincoln, elected president in 1860, first and foremost wanted to abolish slavery, while his secondary and largely quieter issue was modernize the US economy.

Explanation:

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an lawyer and a statesman. Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 and led the Unionist in the American Civil war. Lincoln was always against slavery, and he made it his first priority in his election campaign, which would be followed up by modernizing the US economy. He envisioned the modernization of the US economy through the introduction of factories and industrial machines throughout the United state, as opposed to the slave labor that was depended on for mass production of goods.