There’s not much civil about war, but most great countries will take it upon themselves to rebel and throw a big death-based party in honor of some major grievance. For the US, and in particular, the answer to the immigration test pop quiz, one of the big problems that led to the Civil war was slavery.
So what did Abraham Lincoln do? He was a pretty busy chap by all accounts, not least due to his penchant for extremely tall hats – not particularly relevant since he was already 6 feet 4 inches tall. He didn’t live a long time – pretty par for the 1800s course really – managing to make it to 56 years old before being gunned down by an actor.
He did all manner of things, but despite being a lawyer, he was pretty popular – especially with the 4 million slaves that he freed.
