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…showed last 75 words of 644 total…anyone who owned a slave would be considered trying to rebel. Attempts were made to end slavery, but nothing worked until the Thirteenth Amendment was passed in December of 1865. After that, the Civil war was fought to preserver the union and it did. As Chief of State, the president has the power to affect his/her country in all ways, political and social. Many presidents have affected the US by declaring war, or stopping war.