Why did Julius Caesar want to be a dictator

A Short answer, to save his life. Long answer, he was an ambitious man who would rather be the first man of a barbarian village than the second man of Rome. If they had high powered officials as enemies, as Caesar did, this likely meant the death penalty

c]extended voting rights to african americans

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.