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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
He is now remembered as perhaps the greatest President, and probably rightly so. But his first 60--indeed, his first 100 days, were a complete disaster--and he could easily be (and was) criticized for his bungling of the entire affair from start to finish, as long as you ignore what happened later.
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Matter of opinion. Many people say that Lincoln was the President who first big government President who wanted a central power to have control, instead of individual states.
I don't see how you can compare an economic problem to a civil war.