I belive that the president should have two terms because if the president had infinite terms, he would more of a pharoah and therefore turn into a monarchy rather than a democracy.
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Answer:
Explanation:
Like many human-rights appeals, it sounded good but did not actually mean much. ("Government by the people"??)
He was really talking about freeing the slaves and extending the vote.
States and rights was a very large factor contributing to the Civil War. With Lincoln becoming president and representing the North, the Southern states seceded, leading to a war. The state governments of the South argued, since the constitution and federal government was created by the states, the federal government had no right to stop from seceding. President Lincoln and other northerners disagreed and wanted to preserve the Union.
