1. what effects did abraham lincoln have (short/long term)? 2. what obstacles/challenges/“haters” did abraham face? how did he deal with them?

1 . - he freed the slaves, he tried to reconstruct the south before he was assassinated, he reunited the North and South.
2- the obstacles he faced were political leaders and so many people were opposed to ending slavery, that the civil war broke out, which is a huge obstacle. He dealt with them through speeches and trying to negotiate with the South.

An elector in the electoral college.