Political leadership was a significant aspect in the outcome of the war. Although Abraham Lincoln‚ also had his faults‚ such as some initial hesitation over military issues‚ and whilst military experience was useful in making tactical decisions‚ Lincoln’s political governance proved to be more effective in maintaining morale‚ and unity‚ persuading people of his political views‚ flexible in modifying his tactical approach‚ delegated jobs well‚ kept in touch with public opinion and spent time on his
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Abraham Lincoln was a successful lawyer and politician in Illinois before he became president of the United States. He served in the Illinois legislature and in the U.S. House of Representatives from the 1830s to the 1840s. In 1850‚ he declined to run for Congress‚ resuming his practice of the law. However‚ the 1854 passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ which allowed the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide whether the states would be open to slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty‚ drew him
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Julie Giaimo DBQ Going back to 1619‚ Africans were bought to America and sold to Americans as workers. It wasn’t long before slavery became a controversial issue. Over the course of almost two and a half centuries the debate of weather to continue or abolish slavery went on. The supporters and the abolitionist had their arguments on how they viewed slavery‚ and the government played their part too. Those who supported slavery were for the most part southerners. Senator John C. Calhoun states
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1865. "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" begins at 7am. April 14‚ and closes at 7am.‚ April 15th‚ 1865. This book opens with President Lincoln getting out of bed worried about a dream in which he saw himself dead. The author begins by saying‚ "This is a book about a day‚ a place and a murder." He starts it all describing the morning of Friday‚ April 14‚ 1865. He describes Lincoln as an old frail man who doesn’t have much energy for anything. An example he wrote about was when Lincoln came out of his
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Who freed the slaves? The slaves in the South freed themselves from slavery. Abraham Lincoln’s intention of the Civil War was to bring the Confederacy back into the Union and he did not have to end slavery to preserve the Union. During the war‚ Lincoln established the Emancipation Proclamation that declared the slaves free‚ but the slaves had to make their own decision to escape from the South. Lincoln only encouraged the slaves to free themselves‚ not physically moving them into the Union. From
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President Lincoln supported emancipation as a critical component of the war. Specifically‚ his view on abolition of slavery changed from being a war measure towards a war aim. The emancipation of slavery was the forefront issue of the Civil War. Consequently‚ Lincoln viewed emancipation as a secondary issue aim to preserving the Union. As a war measure‚ emancipation was effective in politically destabilizing the confederacy‚ by taking away Southern support from Europe. Furthermore‚ encouraging a
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Abraham Lincoln The sixteenth president of the united states was a great man of honor. He was born in Hodgeville‚ Kentucky‚ on February 12‚ 1809 in a simple log cabin. He married Mary Todd on November 4‚1842 and had four male children by the names of Robert‚ Edward‚ William‚ and Thomas. Unluckily‚ Lincoln’s descendants ended too soon‚ Robert was his only son that made it to adulthood and has his own children. Lincoln served as captain in the Illinois militia during the Black Hawk war. Then he
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Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were both admired by many‚ but were both tragically assassinated during their terms in office. The main cause of their death is due to the hatred against their political ideals/views. Lincoln and Kennedy seem to share a connection on the effect of civil rights soon after their drastic assassination. Kennedy’s death helped improve the space program and the race to space agenda. Prior to his assassination‚ he proposed that “This nation should commit itself to achieving
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Booth said in his diary after he shot president Abraham Lincoln. John Wilkes Booth was an actor during the Civil War supporting the Confederates. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president‚ Booth didn’t agree with what he did. Booth decided to kill Lincoln‚ but he wasn’t insane. There were reasons for Booth’s actions. First‚ John Wilkes Booth was motivated to kill Lincoln by the fact that he believed Lincoln was a tyrant. Booth thought that Lincoln was a cruel and unfair leader that only wanted
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These are some of the differences between Lincoln and the Abolitionist to end slavery. Although Lincoln knew slavery was something of a bad moral before his eyes‚ he did not want to lose his loyalty to the Union by not wanting to do anything that might cause both North and South to shift against the confederacy. He was very strict with what whatever was written in the constitution‚ he later admitted to not know what exactly to do with the slavery issue in a more lawful manner. Unlike the abolitionist
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