Talk about Lincoln's role in American history.

1, free slaves.

He promulgated the homestead act and the emancipation proclamation. At the most critical moment of the Civil War, he complied with the demands of the broad masses of people, destroyed slavery in a revolutionary way, solved the people's demand for land, led the American people, safeguarded national unity, cleared the obstacles for the development of capitalism and promoted the development of American history.

2. Save the Union and safeguard national unity. Lincoln won the civil war, avoided the division of the United States, and made the capitalist mode of production in the north occupy a dominant position. And promulgated the law to liberate slaves, solved the labor barrier of the development of American capitalism, and the American economy began to take off.

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Abraham lincoln (1February 80912-1April 865 15), * * * and Republicans, American politicians, thinkers, abolitionists of black slavery. The 16 th president of the United States, during his term of office, a civil war broke out in the United States, known as the Civil War in history, and Lincoln resolutely opposed national division. He abolished slavery in rebel states and promulgated the Homestead Act and the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln defeated the separatist forces in the south and safeguarded the right of the United States and its territory to be born equal regardless of race. Shortly after the end of the civil war, Lincoln was assassinated. He was the first American president to be assassinated and the first president to become a member of the party. He has been rated as the greatest president many times. The latest version of the $5 bill has a picture of abraham lincoln on the front.

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