Question

Describe the social condition of the country
when Abraham Lincoln became the President
of the United States of America.​

Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln became the United States'16th President in 1861, issuing the EmancipationProclamation that declared forever free thoseslaves within the Confederacy in 1863. Fourmore slave states joined the Confederacy butfour remained within the Union. The Civil Warhad begun.