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After completing the course readings, respond to the following prompt(s):
What did Lincoln contribute to our understanding of presidential power and leadership?
What key events led to Abraham Lincoln’s rise from humble origins and relative obscurity to national prominence and the summit of political power in the United States of America?
Did President Lincoln usurp the constitutional authority of Congress in his exercise of executive power to defend the Union after the start of military conflict between the Union and the Confederate States?
Evaluate Lincoln’s comments in his July 4,1861, “Message to Congress,” about the use of executive powers in a time of national crisis.
Evaluate the response of Congress to the president’s message.