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    westward and slavery was dragging along with the expansion. The underlying problem of slavery in the new states would be temporarily fixed with government documentation such as the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. The north and the south had quickly begun to bicker and debate the idea of slavery on new land. Normal citizens like Abraham Lincoln and others had picked up the topic of slavery and studied it and became politicians. Abraham Lincoln’s showed his view of slavery slowly as he

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    Carinna Powell November 29‚ 2012 Period 1 Hayman‚ Leroy. The Death of Lincoln. New York: Scholastic Books‚ Inc.‚ 1968. In the book‚ The Death of Lincoln‚ written by Leroy Hayman‚ it truly shows mostly every important event prior to Abraham Lincoln’s death and after the assassination as well. Like Lincoln‚ Hayman has known was true pain feels like. Not only was Hayman hit in the head by an ink bottle‚ but he survived the terrible accident and continued to live his heroic life although he became

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    Lincoln and Slavery Slavery is most likely one of the worst events that took place in America. President Lincoln had a very difficult challenge of maintaining a stable country as debates over slavery arose. Once the debates got out of hand and the country turned to fighting‚ war was inevitable. After the southern states seceded from the union‚ some northern men joined the army to reunite the country‚ and some to abolish slavery. The southern men viewed the north as a tyrant power taking away their

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    Abraham Lincoln did not truly believe that races were equal. At a speech in Springfield‚ Illinois‚ he openly says that in some respects‚ a black woman is “certainly not my equal” (3). Here he is focusing more on the fact that she is black rather than that she is a woman‚ but either way‚ he sees himself as more superior that her. But in respect to human rights‚ he believes that she does have her‚ for example‚ “natural right to eat bread [that] she earns with her own hands” (3). She is his equal and

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    the very beginning‚ President Lincoln was faced with an insurmountable challenge. The nation he now ruled over‚ the United States of America‚ was thrust into civil conflict a mere month after his inauguration on March fourth‚ eighteen sixty-one. However‚ he handled the situation unbelievable well‚ greatly due to his acceptance of the fact of war‚ as he knew it would be the only way to eventually completely preserve the Union (Stone 44). To this day‚ Abraham Lincoln has become a lasting historical

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    In Lincoln’s fourth debate with Stephen Douglas on September 18th‚ 1858‚ he mentioned the issue of slavery again. Abraham Lincoln supported the abolition of slavery but Stephen Douglas wanted retaining slavery. In the debate‚ Douglas tried to reveal that Lincoln who is an abolitionist believed in equality between white people and the Negroes. Back then‚ the whites had a belief that they were the superior race. Therefore‚ proposing the black race was equal to the white race was regarded with suspicion

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    Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address Vs. Martin Luther King Jr.: Letter from Birmingham Jail Both President Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. mastered the technique of using words to effectively influence and persuade their audience into action. Their words delivered during difficult times in America’s history are still referenced today in speeches of prominent politicians. Additionally‚ their words are continuously analyzed for the rhetorical strategies applied in order for others

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    [pic] Hay said that in this writing "Mr. Lincoln admits us into the most secret recesses of his soul .... Perplexed and afflicted beyond the power of human help‚ by the disasters of war‚ the wrangling of parties‚ and the inexorable and constraining logic of his own mind‚ he shut out the world one day‚ and tried to put into form his double sense of responsibility to human duty and Divine Power; and this was the result. It shows -- as has been said in another place -- the awful sincerity of a perfectly

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    Rhetoric On November 19‚ 1863 Abraham Lincoln gave a reverent and humbling speech for the soldiers who had given their lives at the battle of Gettysburg for the reform and advancement of the country. He states that the brave men who here gave their last full measure of devotion” should be highly esteemed for the sacrifice they made. Lincoln establishes his ideas through the usage of rhetorical devices such as‚ an appeal to ethos‚ parallelism‚ and juxtaposition. Lincoln never uses the words “I‚” or

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    Thesis statement: Abraham Lincoln was the best President in 1940 due to how he shaped the United States for the better. Introduction Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States he made the Emancipation of slaves possible to achieve and he helped create the 13th Amendment in the United State this is just some ways Abraham Lincoln has shaped the United States. Abraham Lincoln was born February 12‚ 1809 near Hodgenville Kentucky and died April 15 ‚1865 in Washington D.C. from a horrible

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