To what extent did Abraham Lincoln’s background and training prepare him to be President?

To what extent did Abraham Lincoln’s background and training prepare him to be President? How would you summarize Lincoln’s response to the problems that confronted him in the first four months of his presidency? Why accounts for George B. McClellan’s attitude toward Abraham Lincoln? What message did Lincoln have in his First Inaugural Address for the Southern states that had recently left the Union? What did he promise not to do? Overall, how would you characterize the “tone” of this spe