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The Russian tsar believed his empire was protected by God and by a 1.5 million men army. This nationalist view made Russian leaders believed they had power over the smaller nations of western Europe. On the other side, the Austro-Hungarian empire showed its nationalism when it declared a war because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
No, it is false that <span>John </span><span>c. Fremont was the first Republican presidential candidate to win the office in 1856, since in fact the Republican Party formed from the Whig Party. </span>
With the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), the President publicly endorsed the abolition of slavery in southern states. Lincoln's decision to support slavery's end in the south was mostly an economic decision, hoping to strike a serious blow to their ability to support agricultural endeavors. Lincoln did not ask the Border States to give up slavery.
