What was the bush doctrine ?

The Bush Doctrine was a doctrine of preemption that involved both a major assertion of Presidential authority and potentially lowering the threshold of war.

In simple terms its a belief that the Unites States had the right to remove perceived threats

lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.

whose power in the senate is equal to the power of the speaker of the house?