Unaffiliated

The United States defeat of the Confederacy was momentous, but there was much work to be done to bring the country back together. The brutality of the Civil War left behind not only a scarred landscape, but also a population that had been traumatized from the massive number of casualties and deaths.

Lincoln says that showing resolve is essential so that the soldiers who perished at Gettysburg did not die in vain. He is determined to make sure that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people will continue to exist.

A number of forces added to the flaring tensions in the nation during the 1850s. A Failure to Compromise will eventually lead the United States to civil war.