Question 75: What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
Accepted answers
•freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
•saved (or preserved) the Union
•led the United States during the Civil War
Why this matters
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and saved the United States. He led the country during the Civil War (1861-1865). In 1863, he declared that enslaved people in rebel states were free.