lincoln

Lincoln The film Lincoln was directed by Steven Spielberg, it mainly covers the last four months that Lincoln was in office before his assassination. It's main focus was on the Lincoln trying to pass the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery. The plot of the story is set in January 1865, centered around Abraham Lincoln , who is played by Daniel Day Lewis. The president has just started his second term and the war is coming to an end. The film opens with a brief flashback to the Battle of Jenkins Ferry, it then cuts to Lincoln sitting down having a conversation with two free black soliders from the battle. One of the soliders tell Lincoln of how he wishes that all men would one day be created equally enough that a black man could one day be a colonel in the army. The second scene opens with a visualization of one of Lincoln’s recent dreams. Abraham & Mary Lincoln, who is played by Sally Field, have a discussion about this dream along with others and come to the conclusion that it is about the possibility of a new push for the proposed Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery. Next we see a Cabinet meeting which turns to a discussion of the proposed Thirteenth Amendment that includes vigorous objections and other who also surprised Lincoln by saying that they will object against the plan, this causes Lincoln suspect defeat but he intends to continue onward. Chairman of the Ways & Means Committee, Stevens (played by Tommy Lee Jones) hosts a meeting of Radical Republicans to discuss their position on whether or not to hold a new vote for the proposed Thirteenth Amendment and what Lincoln's true intentions are. The Amendment passes in the senate and is then scheduled for the vote of the House of Representative at the end of the month.afris the president and his wife look for some democrats that they can have go on their side. The morning of the vote is January 31, 1865, Stevens