Of course Jefferson used the government to solve social problems, as did Jackson, Polk, Pierce.
And that darned Washington, set a bad precident putting down the Whiskey Rebellion with General Lee at the head of his forces. Federal Supremacy writ large!
No, it wasn’t Lincoln that innovated federal power, it was the Slavocrats who innovated a completely unconstitutional doctrine of nullification, and then, after Jackson put that down like an old dog, invented ‘at pleasure secession’ as the Slave Power’s replacement. Also throw in Taney’s ‘no negro has any rights’ innovation, disregarding the long history of negro sufferage.
No, it wasn’t Lincoln that forced the war. It takes a powerful lot of moonshine to turn his “We are not enemies, but friends...” inaugural address to a cause for war, as pretended by the Slave Power.
You should write children’s fantasy books. Not for adults, of course.