What was one purpose of the masks people wore during religious ceremonies of african cultures? nd hep to connect with the spiritual forces of the ancestors to represent the role of a traditional comic character to express a person’s fears and hopes for the future to identify a family’s position in the community

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.